CVE-2026-52972

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"0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c"}], "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"}]}, {"type": "Secondary", "source": "0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-190"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\ncrypto: af_alg - Limitar la longitud de los datos asociados (AD) de AEAD a 0x80000000\n\nPara evitar desbordamientos aritm\u00e9ticos al verificar el tama\u00f1o del b\u00fafer TX, limitar la longitud de los datos asociados a 0x80000000."}], "lastModified": "2026-10-25T22:10:00.150", 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