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CVE-2026-64314

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: chacha20poly1305 - validate poly1305 template argument chachapoly_create() still accepts the compatibility poly1305 parameter in the template name, but it assumes the second template argument is always present and immediately passes it to strcmp(). When the argument is missing, crypto_attr_alg_name() returns an error pointer. Check for that before comparing the name so malformed template instantiations fail with an error instead of dereferencing the error pointer in strcmp(). This matches the surrounding Crypto API template pattern where crypto_attr_alg_name() results are validated before string-specific use.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-64314
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-07-19 15:36 UTC
Published
2026-07-25 08:49 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-25 08:49 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux a298765e28adaea199f722142c10dae7e24dedf8 < 0016d3c21c6ab60a20be7f565cefb5999f3adeb6, a298765e28adaea199f722142c10dae7e24dedf8 < e74df53b36cdc6b6b9e5488ec883d1d55624737f, a298765e28adaea199f722142c10dae7e24dedf8 < 265b861bece38318b8e0fc8fac0643d4ef906d31
Linux Linux 6.16, 0 < 6.16, 6.18.39 ≤ 6.18.*, 7.1.4 ≤ 7.1.* …
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