CVE-2024-26789

crypto: arm64/neonbs - fix out-of-bounds access on short input

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 4, 2024 at 08:20 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 12:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: arm64/neonbs - fix out-of-bounds access on short input The bit-sliced implementation of AES-CTR operates on blocks of 128 bytes, and will fall back to the plain NEON version for tail blocks or inputs that are shorter than 128 bytes to begin with. It will call straight into the plain NEON asm helper, which performs all memory accesses in granules of 16 bytes (the size of a NEON register). For this reason, the associated plain NEON glue code will copy inputs shorter than 16 bytes into a temporary buffer, given that this is a rare occurrence and it is not worth the effort to work around this in the asm code. The fallback from the bit-sliced NEON version fails to take this into account, potentially resulting in out-of-bounds accesses. So clone the same workaround, and use a temp buffer for short in/outputs.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.18 ≤ v ≤ 6.1.815.18 ≤ v < 6.1.815.18 ≤ v < 6.6.215.18 ≤ v < 6.7.95.18 ≤ v < 6.86.2 ≤ v ≤ 6.6.216.2 ≤ v ≤ 6.7.96.8 rc16.8 rc26.8 rc36.8 rc46.8 rc56.8 rc6fc074e130051015e39245a4241956ff122e2f465
Vendor states this is fixed in 034e2d70b5c7f578200ad09955aeb2aa65d1164a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1291d278b5574819a7266568ce4c28bce9438705 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1c0cf6d19690141002889d72622b90fc01562ce4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9e8ecd4908b53941ab6f0f51584ab80c6c6606c4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.81 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.21 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/034e2d70b5c7f578200ad09955aeb2aa65d1164a
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1291d278b5574819a7266568ce4c28bce9438705
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c0cf6d19690141002889d72622b90fc01562ce4
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e8ecd4908b53941ab6f0f51584ab80c6c6606c4

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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