EUVD-2026-26642CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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7DescriptionNVD
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: af-alg - fix NULL pointer dereference in scatterwalk
The AF_ALG interface fails to unmark the end of a Scatter/Gather List (SGL) when chaining a new af_alg_tsgl structure. If a sendmsg() fills an SGL exactly to MAX_SGL_ENTS, the last entry is marked as the end. A subsequent sendmsg() allocates a new SGL and chains it, but fails to clear the end marker on the previous SGL's last data entry.
This causes the crypto scatterwalk to hit a premature end, returning NULL on sg_next() and leading to a kernel panic during dereference.
Fix this by explicitly unmarking the end of the previous SGL when performing sg_chain() in af_alg_alloc_tsgl().
AnalysisAI
Denial of service in the Linux kernel AF_ALG crypto interface allows local authenticated attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and kernel panic by sending sequential sendmsg() calls that cause scatter-gather list chain operations to fail to properly unmark SGL boundaries. The vulnerability occurs when AF_ALG allocates chained SGL structures without clearing end markers on previous entries, causing the crypto scatterwalk to encounter premature termination and dereference NULL pointers. …
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