{"id":"CVE-2026-52972","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: af_alg - Cap AEAD AD length to 0x80000000\n\nIn order to prevent arithmetic overflows when checking the TX\nbuffer size, cap the associated data length to 0x80000000.","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: af_alg - Cap AEAD AD length to 0x80000000\n\nIn order to prevent arithmetic overflows when checking the TX\nbuffer size, cap the associated data length to 0x80000000.","severity":"none","published":"2026-06-24","updated":"2026-06-29","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52972","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/265ac26d1c5e17b34d497cbda1f754a1ec8552bc","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97948906dc8e0ea84775e03e35b60a2063c70193","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1c5672faf8e93e38c2deac3979cc767ca5cf918","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4fe4eb580bbc7439f649a496d4cf38415a4021c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9f68d9ed38dd6e5a6c6d75b03d25c1c133e321d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c06479d7059888adf2f22bc1ebcf053bf691a2","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c4a5074532eaaa14951994a3aad0d479aa7431","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8a5203596797f394ff3f9aa4005597a92249802","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00144,"epssPercentile":0.0404,"ingestedAt":"2026-06-29T13:42:11.996Z","slug":"CVE-2026-52972","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: af_alg - Cap AEAD AD length to 0x80000000\n\nIn order to prevent arithmetic overflows when checking the TX\nbuffer size, cap the associated data length to 0x80000000.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}