Incorrect AES processing via unmapped scatterlist length
Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026
Incorrect scatterlist length handling in the Linux mxs-dcp crypto driver allows attackers to make AES process the wrong byte count. mxs_dcp_aes_block_crypt() reads sg_dma_len() before the source scatterlist is mapped, so the value can be zero or stale instead of the original scatterlist length. The faulty path is limited to kernels with CONFIG_NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH=y and causes encryption or decryption to cover an incorrect number of bytes.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect scatterlist length handling in the Linux mxs-dcp crypto driver allows attackers to make AES process the wrong byte count. mxs_dcp_aes_block_crypt() reads sg_dma_len() before the source scatterlist is mapped, so the value can be zero or stale instead of the original scatterlist length. The faulty path is limited to kernels with CONFIG_NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH=y and causes encryption or decryption to cover an incorrect number of bytes.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-80831
- Published
- Sep 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 4, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
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- Sep 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=15b59e7c3733f90ff1f7dd66ad77ae1c90bcdff5 <04201dcc88b26eac52f736e39727fc5c420b7257
- Affected versionversion=15b59e7c3733f90ff1f7dd66ad77ae1c90bcdff5 <0e9edb108a63bbbef952dfcbc597e34ed9c1fb74
- Affected versionversion=15b59e7c3733f90ff1f7dd66ad77ae1c90bcdff5 <1537bd55b4f842565068c54b47cd2ae1777d5f8f
- Affected versionversion=15b59e7c3733f90ff1f7dd66ad77ae1c90bcdff5 <182f16a20d329a1c818d51dad57d9bf43d356c7c
- Affected versionversion=15b59e7c3733f90ff1f7dd66ad77ae1c90bcdff5 <6ef9a4afb52cb102ab038cd42352c142d8505d09
- Affected versionversion=15b59e7c3733f90ff1f7dd66ad77ae1c90bcdff5 <c5bcb084a9871e5b62afb5f48b60adfa13b5d9f8
- Affected versionversion=15b59e7c3733f90ff1f7dd66ad77ae1c90bcdff5 <da14fae5203b72ca71ccfa9af8de9249e40d533a
- Affected versionversion=15b59e7c3733f90ff1f7dd66ad77ae1c90bcdff5 <e72a795df521cb65b7c4705cc11078cdacfaa2f4
- Affected versionversion=15b59e7c3733f90ff1f7dd66ad77ae1c90bcdff5 <fd0f211b27a6ec2ebd8c315683401b43adcc5511
- Affected versionversion=3.14
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