crypto: qce - fix CCM AAD buffer underallocation
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qce - fix CCM AAD buffer underallocation The AAD buffer allocated in qce_aead_ccm_prepare_buf_assoclen() can be smaller than the length later programmed into the DMA scatterlist. The allocation size is currently calculated as: ALIGN(assoclen, 16) + MAX_CCM_ADATA_HEADER_LEN while the DMA length is set to: ALIGN(assoclen + adata_header_len, 16) Since ALIGN() does not distribute over addition, the allocation can be smaller than the DMA length. For example, when assoclen = 32 and adata_header_len = 2: allocation = ALIGN(32, 16) + 6 = 38 DMA length = ALIGN(32 + 2, 16) = 48 As a result, the QCE hardware can read beyond the allocated buffer while computing the CBC-MAC over the associated data. The extra bytes are folded into the authentication tag, resulting in an incorrect tag and causing CCM self-test failures such as: alg: aead: ccm-aes-qce encryption test failed (wrong result) on test vector 8 Fix the allocation by adding the maximum possible AAD header length before alignment: ALIGN(assoclen + MAX_CCM_ADATA_HEADER_LEN, 16) This guarantees that the allocated buffer is large enough for the fully padded AAD data for all supported header sizes.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.220, 6.1.187, 6.6.156, 6.12.108, 6.18.49, 7.1.13, 7.2.3, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 6 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80832
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5ch2-359f-fp8j
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-25 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-25 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11775b35ce9f27e73d62188d7d38aa0dc0a219aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9e0f06a023107694698a7930616aeb460d91816
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc56d2b0d77cfeea061e98114992ee687d5eb4dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/002f1f99aef7ea631cb687fc17bce64e4963f6aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f65718b9c1095eef1ae9b374aa0384b1b083f3c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46a84efe2dbaddde89073a3c00c694486937c34b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4839f4c21f9c577eedef2919ced878a3057c7fc3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f2345f47dd189625f657cd72437179ab4170ee1
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80832 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80832 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5ch2-359f-fp8j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80832 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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