Medium 5.5Published May 19, 2026

CVE-2026-43492lib/crypto: mpi: Fix integer underflow in mpi_read_raw_from_sgl()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 5:23 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/crypto: mpi: Fix integer underflow in mpi_read_raw_from_sgl() Yiming reports an integer underflow in mpi_read_raw_from_sgl() when subtracting "lzeros" from the unsigned "nbytes". For this to happen, the scatterlist "sgl" needs to occupy more bytes than the "nbytes" parameter and the first "nbytes + 1" bytes of the scatterlist must be zero. Under these conditions, the while loop iterating over the scatterlist will count more zeroes than "nbytes", subtract the number of zeroes from "nbytes" and cause the underflow. When commit 2d4d1eea540b ("lib/mpi: Add mpi sgl helpers") originally introduced the bug, it couldn't be triggered because all callers of mpi_read_raw_from_sgl() passed a scatterlist whose length was equal to "nbytes". However since commit 63ba4d67594a ("KEYS: asymmetric: Use new crypto interface without scatterlists"), the underflow can now actually be triggered. When invoking a KEYCTL_PKEY_ENCRYPT system call with a larger "out_len" than "in_len" and filling the "in" buffer with zeroes, crypto_akcipher_sync_prep() will create an all-zero scatterlist used for both the "src" and "dst" member of struct akcipher_request and thereby fulfil the conditions to trigger the bug: sys_keyctl() keyctl_pkey_e_d_s() asymmetric_key_eds_op() software_key_eds_op() crypto_akcipher_sync_encrypt() crypto_akcipher_sync_prep() crypto_akcipher_encrypt() rsa_enc() mpi_read_raw_from_sgl() To the user this will be visible as a DoS as the kernel spins forever, causing soft lockup splats as a side effect. Fix it.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df before a1793a48881ec8d26e9c79b0ee65753f1c6846a4; 2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df builds before 1abd50fc3cfa16fc2074a3c8c2729c50fd9d7043; from 2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df before 6d63615c796c085b4984e3031b9fa77fffb47360; 2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df builds before 2aa77a18dc7f2670497fe3ee5acbeda0b57659e5; from 2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df before 26d3a97ad46c7a9226ec04d4bf35bd4998a97d16; from 2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df before 8637dfb4c1d8a7026ef681f2477c6de8b71c4003; from 2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df before 30e513e755bb381afce6fb57cdc8694136193f22; from 2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df before 8c2f1288250a90a4b5cabed5d888d7e3aeed4035	CNA record
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.6	CISA ADP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:simatic_s7_1500_cpu_1518f_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.6	CISA ADP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem siemens:simatic_s7_1500_tm_mfp_gnu_linux_subsystem (from the name)	all versions	CISA ADP
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP siemens:siplus_s7_1500_cpu_1518_4_pn_dp_mfp (from the name)	from V3.1.6	CISA ADP
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 4.4 before 5.10.259; from 5.11 before 5.15.210; from 5.16 before 6.1.176; from 6.2 before 6.6.140; from 6.7 before 6.12.88; from 6.13 before 6.18.30; from 6.19 before 7.0.7	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1793a48881ec8d26e9c79b0ee65753f1c6846a4	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1abd50fc3cfa16fc2074a3c8c2729c50fd9d7043	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d63615c796c085b4984e3031b9fa77fffb47360	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2aa77a18dc7f2670497fe3ee5acbeda0b57659e5	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26d3a97ad46c7a9226ec04d4bf35bd4998a97d16	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8637dfb4c1d8a7026ef681f2477c6de8b71c4003	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30e513e755bb381afce6fb57cdc8694136193f22	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c2f1288250a90a4b5cabed5d888d7e3aeed4035	patch
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html
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