Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-80843
Published: September 5, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU147081
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-80843
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper memory management in xfrm_state_construct() when constructing an XFRM state with a truncated authentication algorithm. A local user can trigger XFRM state construction using a truncated authentication algorithm to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs when the selected authentication algorithm has no sadb_alg_id, such as cmac(aes).
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-80843
Install security update from vendor's repository.
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37426395cb90ef217beec8407a14bd82153793d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d42da01740ec6557837bebec0bc48cfc3b4c39
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/958ae9f261319e1cdc44879886bcda2263258cca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba0c110c205855b3f1e3130d8c0fdb484d704c8c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be19d20e53a239572bb2a28efcc1cd2b069b1ef9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c12cbf56320fb633484ee0ca1fb7d68d6b64b213
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8837bbe792257af547fd1c0252553ce13148795
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf67361e78dca488d6e4df8396a53e6745a3a80e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb7f3e74789a3c89647f4eb768f6dfaf4a751e72