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CVE-2024-26789

2024-04-0400:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
6
linux kernel
crypto
vulnerability
arm64
aes-ctr
neon
out-of-bounds
access
buffer
workaround
unix

7.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.8%

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto:
arm64/neonbs - fix out-of-bounds access on short input The bit-sliced
implementation of AES-CTR operates on blocks of 128 bytes, and will fall
back to the plain NEON version for tail blocks or inputs that are shorter
than 128 bytes to begin with. It will call straight into the plain NEON asm
helper, which performs all memory accesses in granules of 16 bytes (the
size of a NEON register). For this reason, the associated plain NEON glue
code will copy inputs shorter than 16 bytes into a temporary buffer, given
that this is a rare occurrence and it is not worth the effort to work
around this in the asm code. The fallback from the bit-sliced NEON version
fails to take this into account, potentially resulting in out-of-bounds
accesses. So clone the same workaround, and use a temp buffer for short
in/outputs.

7.9 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.8%