CVE-2026-46033
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: authencesn - reject short ahash digests during instance creation authencesn requires either a zero authsize or an authsize of at least 4 bytes because the ESN encrypt/decrypt paths always move 4 bytes of high-order sequence number data at the end of the authenticated data. While crypto_authenc_esn_setauthsize() already rejects explicit non-zero authsizes in the range 1..3, crypto_authenc_esn_create() still copied auth->digestsize into inst->alg.maxauthsize without validating it. The AEAD core then initialized the tfm's default authsize from that value. As a result, selecting an ahash with digest size 1..3, such as cbcmac(cipher_null), exposed authencesn instances whose default authsize was invalid even though setauthsize() would have rejected the same value. AF_ALG could then trigger the ESN tail handling with a too-short tag and hit an out-of-bounds access. Reject authencesn instances whose ahash digest size is in the invalid non-zero range 1..3 so that no tfm can inherit an unsupported default authsize.
Affected versions
Linux kernel versions
4.11
and later are affected. Fixed in
5.10.258,
5.15.209,
6.1.175,
6.6.140,
6.12.86,
6.18.27,
7.0.4,
7.1-rc2
and their respective stable series.
References
The following references provide additional information about CVE-2026-46033 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f31cd1e64a079c845bca31d2da7b3c90a311726
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5db6ef9847717329f12c5ea8aba7e9f588a980c0
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PatchKernel patch commithttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67f1f0933cc3d78dde222842bcad2778ec7a0b88
Frequently asked questions
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What is CVE-2026-46033?
CVE-2026-46033 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.11 onward and has been patched in 5.10.258, 5.15.209, 6.1.175 and others. CVE-2026-46033 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-46033?
Yes — CVE-2026-46033 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.258, 5.15.209, 6.1.175 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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Is CVE-2026-46033 actively exploited?
No — CVE-2026-46033 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.