The Salsa20 encryption algorithm in the Linux kernel before 4.14.8 does not correctly handle zero-length inputs, allowing a local attacker able to use the AF_ALG-based skcipher interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER) to cause a denial of service (uninitialized-memory free and kernel crash) or have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls that use the blkcipher_walk API. Both the generic implementation (crypto/salsa20_generic.c) and x86 implementation (arch/x86/crypto/salsa20_glue.c) of Salsa20 were vulnerable.
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Published : 2017-12-20 23:29
Updated : 2024-02-04 19:29
NVD link : CVE-2017-17805
Mitre link : CVE-2017-17805
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-17805
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
opensuse
- leap
suse
- linux_enterprise_server
- linux_enterprise_server_for_raspberry_pi
- linux_enterprise_desktop
opensuse_project
- leap
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation