CVE-2026-80843

xfrm: fix xfrm_state_construct() auth-trunc leak

N/A
Published: September 4, 2026 at 03:54 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: fix xfrm_state_construct() auth-trunc leak attach_auth_trunc() can allocate x->aalg while leaving x->props.aalgo at zero when the selected auth algorithm has no sadb_alg_id. One real case is cmac(aes). xfrm_state_construct() then treats !x->props.aalgo as "no auth algorithm attached yet" and calls attach_auth(). That overwrites x->aalg and loses the first allocation. Any later failure or teardown only frees the replacement pointer. Check whether x->aalg is already attached instead of inferring that state from x->props.aalgo.

Affected

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

2.6.334447bb33f09444920a8f1d89e1540137429351b6
Vendor states this is fixed in 37426395cb90ef217beec8407a14bd82153793d3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 71d42da01740ec6557837bebec0bc48cfc3b4c39 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 958ae9f261319e1cdc44879886bcda2263258cca (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ba0c110c205855b3f1e3130d8c0fdb484d704c8c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in be19d20e53a239572bb2a28efcc1cd2b069b1ef9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c12cbf56320fb633484ee0ca1fb7d68d6b64b213 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c8837bbe792257af547fd1c0252553ce13148795 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cf67361e78dca488d6e4df8396a53e6745a3a80e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fb7f3e74789a3c89647f4eb768f6dfaf4a751e72 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.33 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.269 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.220 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.187 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.108 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.49 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.156 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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