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CVE-2026-99037

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.

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Nvd fetched at
2026-10-23T14:24:59.572098+00:00
Cve id
CVE-2026-99037
First seen by Signal
2026-10-23T14:28:01+00:00
Name
CVE-2026-99037
Retrieved at
2026-10-23T14:28:01+00:00
Published at
2026-10-23T13:17:26.947
Last modified
2026-10-23T13:17:26.947

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