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CVE-2026-99037

dm-crypt: reject the lmk IV mode with AEAD ciphers

Published
2026-10-23
Last modified
2026-10-23
CNA
Linux
NVD status
Received

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CVSS v3.1 (listed by NVD)
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Not scored
CVSS v4.0 (listed by NVD)
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Not scored
CVSS (listed by CVE.org)
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Not scored
EPSS exploit probability
0.2%
Percentile 10.5%
as of 2026-10-24
CISA KEV
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Not listed

Description

NVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-crypt: reject the lmk IV mode with AEAD ciphers A "capi:" table line that pairs an AEAD cipher with the lmk IV mode, for example "capi:gcm(aes)-lmk" with the integrity:28:aead option, causes an oops when it is loaded. lmk sets tfms_count to 64, but crypt_alloc_tfms_aead only allocates one transform, so crypt_setkey reads past the end of the tfms_aead array and calls crypto_aead_setkey on the values it finds there. lmk exists for compatibility with Loop-AES, which uses CBC, so refuse it with an AEAD cipher rather than allocate 64 AEAD transforms. The check cannot go in crypt_iv_lmk_ctr with the other lmk checks, because the IV constructor runs after crypt_set_key. Note that this is not a security bug because the memory corruption can only be triggered by root.

Affected products and packages

CNA (CVE.org)

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux
affected: 33d2f09fcb357fd1861c4959d1d3505492bf91f8 … < 9a0dab8a9d9975dec14a118b55cae2517aea5ca9
affected: 33d2f09fcb357fd1861c4959d1d3505492bf91f8 … < 962ce265fbf5d87afeb78cf19c12e083ab0ffeb8
affected: 33d2f09fcb357fd1861c4959d1d3505492bf91f8 … < a1a875614dae43b43d311bb9e7a7a70eed78efe6
affected: 33d2f09fcb357fd1861c4959d1d3505492bf91f8 … < 40ea7dfa8cd5f9aed72a55c9ca3008aee5880e6f
affected: 33d2f09fcb357fd1861c4959d1d3505492bf91f8 … < 3195e0daf590683992edb4eed32269e569e04924
default: unaffected
LinuxLinux
affected: 4.12
unaffected: 0 … < 4.12
unaffected: 6.6.160 … <= 6.6.*
unaffected: 6.12.113 … <= 6.12.*
unaffected: 6.18.57 … <= 6.18.*
unaffected: 7.2.11 … <= 7.2.*
unaffected: 7.3 … <= *
default: affected

Open-source packages (GitHub Advisory / OSV)

dm-crypt: reject the lmk IV mode with AEAD ciphers

EcosystemPackageAffected versionsFixed in
>= 33d2f09fcb357fd1861c4959d1d3505492bf91f8, < 9a0dab8a9d9975dec14a118b55cae2517aea5ca9; < 962ce265fbf5d87afeb78cf19c12e083ab0ffeb8; < a1a875614dae43b43d311bb9e7a7a70eed78efe6; < 40ea7dfa8cd5f9aed72a55c9ca3008aee5880e6f; < 3195e0daf590683992edb4eed32269e569e049249a0dab8a9d9975dec14a118b55cae2517aea5ca9, 962ce265fbf5d87afeb78cf19c12e083ab0ffeb8, a1a875614dae43b43d311bb9e7a7a70eed78efe6, 40ea7dfa8cd5f9aed72a55c9ca3008aee5880e6f, 3195e0daf590683992edb4eed32269e569e04924
LinuxKernel>= 4.12.0, < 6.6.160; >= 6.7.0, < 6.12.113; >= 6.13.0, < 6.18.57; >= 6.19.0, < 7.2.116.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11

Linux distribution status

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Debian ↗

ReleasePackageStatusFixed version / notes
bookwormlinuxopen not yet assigned
forkylinuxresolved not yet assigned7.2.11-1
sidlinuxresolved not yet assigned7.2.11-1
trixielinuxresolved not yet assigned6.12.113-1

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