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    "id": "CVE-2023-53599",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53599",
    "idYear": 2023,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-10-04T15:44:11.096Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-08-05T09:15:02.975Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:03.413Z",
    "snapshot": {
      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "crypto: af_alg - Fix missing initialisation affecting gcm-aes-s390",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: af_alg - Fix missing initialisation affecting gcm-aes-s390\n\nFix af_alg_alloc_areq() to initialise areq->first_rsgl.sgl.sgt.sgl to point\nto the scatterlist array in areq->first_rsgl.sgl.sgl.\n\nWithout this, the gcm-aes-s390 driver will oops when it tries to do\ngcm_walk_start() on req->dst because req->dst is set to the value of\nareq->first_rsgl.sgl.sgl by _aead_recvmsg() calling\naead_request_set_crypt().\n\nThe problem comes if an empty ciphertext is passed: the loop in\naf_alg_get_rsgl() just passes straight out and doesn't set areq->first_rsgl\nup.\n\nThis isn't a problem on x86_64 using gcmaes_crypt_by_sg() because, as far\nas I can tell, that ignores req->dst and only uses req->src[*].\n\n[*] Is this a bug in aesni-intel_glue.c?\n\nThe s390x oops looks something like:\n\n Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference in virtual kernel address space\n Failing address: 0000000a00000000 TEID: 0000000a00000803\n Fault in home space mode while using kernel ASCE.\n AS:00000000a43a0007 R3:0000000000000024\n Oops: 003b ilc:2 [#1] SMP\n ...\n Call Trace:\n  [<000003ff7fc3d47e>] gcm_walk_start+0x16/0x28 [aes_s390]\n  [<00000000a2a342f2>] crypto_aead_decrypt+0x9a/0xb8\n  [<00000000a2a60888>] aead_recvmsg+0x478/0x698\n  [<00000000a2e519a0>] sock_recvmsg+0x70/0xb0\n  [<00000000a2e51a56>] sock_read_iter+0x76/0xa0\n  [<00000000a273e066>] vfs_read+0x26e/0x2a8\n  [<00000000a273e8c4>] ksys_read+0xbc/0x100\n  [<00000000a311d808>] __do_syscall+0x1d0/0x1f8\n  [<00000000a312ff30>] system_call+0x70/0x98\n Last Breaking-Event-Address:\n  [<000003ff7fc3e6b4>] gcm_aes_crypt+0x104/0xa68 [aes_s390]",
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          "product": "Linux",
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          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
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              "version": "6.5",
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              "version": "0",
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              "version": "6.5.3",
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              "version": "6.6",
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              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
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