Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: algif_aead - Fix minimum RX size check for decryption
The check for the minimum receive buffer size did not take the tag size into account during decryption. Fix this by adding the required extra length.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux-meta @ 5.4.0 (+8 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: algif_aead - Fix minimum RX size check for decryption
The check for the minimum receive buffer size did not take the tag size into account during decryption. Fix this by adding the required extra length.