CVE-2026-64314

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crypto: chacha20poly1305 - validate poly1305 template argument

chachapoly_create() still accepts the compatibility poly1305 parameter in the template name, but it assumes the second template argument is always present and immediately passes it to strcmp().

When the argument is missing, crypto_attr_alg_name() returns an error pointer. Check for that before comparing the name so malformed template instantiations fail with an error instead of dereferencing the error pointer in strcmp().

This matches the surrounding Crypto API template pattern where crypto_attr_alg_name() results are validated before string-specific use.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinuxa298765e28adaea199f722142c10dae7e24dedf8 < 0016d3c21c6ab60a20be7f565cefb5999f3adeb6affected
LinuxLinuxa298765e28adaea199f722142c10dae7e24dedf8 < e74df53b36cdc6b6b9e5488ec883d1d55624737faffected
LinuxLinuxa298765e28adaea199f722142c10dae7e24dedf8 < 265b861bece38318b8e0fc8fac0643d4ef906d31affected
LinuxLinux6.16affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.16unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.39 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.4 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2-rc1 <= *unaffected

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