CVE-2026-31431

Linux Kernel · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability · NIST NVD ↗

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place This mostly reverts commit 72548b093ee3 except for the copying of the associated data. There is no benefit in operating in-place in algif_aead since the source and destination come from different mappings. Get rid of all the complexity added for in-place operation and just copy the AD directly.

HIGH
CVSS severity
7.8
CVSS base score
2026-04-22
Published
2026-05-15
CISA remediate by

CWE codes

CWE-669

Affected products

linux:linux_kernelredhat:openshift_container_platformredhat:enterprise_linuxamazon:amazon_linuxcanonical:ubuntu_linuxdebian:debian_linuxopensuse:leapsuse:caas_platformsuse:enterprise_storagesuse:manager_proxysuse:manager_retail_branch_serversuse:manager_serversuse:openstack_cloudsuse:openstack_cloud_crowbarsuse:basesystem_modulesuse:development_tools_modulesuse:legacy_modulesuse:linux_enterprise_desktopsuse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extensionsuse:linux_enterprise_high_performance_computingsuse:linux_enterprise_live_patchingsuse:linux_enterprise_microsuse:linux_enterprise_real_timesuse:linux_enterprise_serversuse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension

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