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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.82-99.168Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade python3-perf-debuginfo | Feb 17, 2025 | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-azureUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-docs-htmlUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-vdsoUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade kernel-source-vanillaUpgrade kernel-64kb-extraUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade kernel-azure-vdsoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-develUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-obs-qaUpgrade kernel-default-livepatchUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-kvmsmallUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-default-vdso | Dec 5, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1024-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1023-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-44-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1026-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-44-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1024-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1023-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-starfiveUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.5Upgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1020-raspiUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-44-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1026-oracleUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1023-awsUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1027-oemUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1024-azureUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1017-starfiveUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-44-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.5Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual | Jul 15, 2024 | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 14, 2025 | Apr 4, 2024 |
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