The Salsa20 encryption algorithm in the Linux kernel before 4.14.8 does not correctly handle zero-length inputs, allowing a local attacker able to use the AF_ALG-based skcipher interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER) to cause a denial of service (uninitialized-memory free and kernel crash) or have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls that use the blkcipher_walk API. Both the generic implementation (crypto/salsa20_generic.c) and x86 implementation (arch/x86/crypto/salsa20_glue.c) of Salsa20 were vulnerable.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-rtUpgrade kernel | Aug 20, 2019 | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Dec 24, 2017 | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade perfUpgrade python-perf | Jan 30, 2018 | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debug-develUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernel-tools-libsUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debugUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-headers | Jan 19, 2018 | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-uek | Nov 6, 2018 | Nov 29, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rt | Oct 31, 2018 | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-azure-base | Jan 4, 2018 | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1086-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500Upgrade linux-image-4.13.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-1016-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-144-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-144-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-144-powerpc-e500Upgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.13.0-38-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1054-awsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trustyUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-38-genericUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1016-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1020-kvmUpgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-genericUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-144-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-144-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-144-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-38-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-144-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-1022-oemUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-144-genericUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-1012-gcpUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-trustyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1088-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial | Apr 25, 2018 | Dec 20, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Dec 20, 2017 |
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