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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.82-99.168Upgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade bpftool-debuginfo | Feb 17, 2025 | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-default-livepatchUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-default-vdsoUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-obs-qaUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-kvmsmallUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-develUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade kernel-64kb-extraUpgrade kernel-azure-extraUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade kernel-docs-htmlUpgrade kernel-kvmsmall-vdsoUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-azure-vdsoUpgrade kernel-source-vanillaUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-default | Dec 5, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1017-starfiveUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.5Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-44-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1024-azureUpgrade linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1026-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.5Upgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1020-raspiUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-44-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1026-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1023-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-44-genericUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1023-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1023-awsUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.5.0-44-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1027-oemUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-starfiveUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04cUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04dUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1024-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.5.0-1024-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-gcp | 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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