Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-place This mostly reverts commit 72548b093ee3 except for the copying of the associated data. There is no benefit in operating in-place in algif_aead since the source and destination come from different mappings. Get rid of all the complexity added for in-place operation and just copy the AD directly.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-04-22T08:15:10.123Z

Last Modified :

2026-05-08T01:35:55.500Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-31431 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Amazon
  • Amazon Linux
Canonical
  • Ubuntu Linux
Debian
  • Debian Linux
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
Opensuse
  • Leap
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
  • Openshift Container Platform
Suse
  • Basesystem Module
  • Caas Platform
  • Development Tools Module
  • Enterprise Storage
  • Legacy Module
  • Linux Enterprise Desktop
  • Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension
  • Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
  • Linux Enterprise Live Patching
  • Linux Enterprise Micro
  • Linux Enterprise Real Time
  • Linux Enterprise Server
  • Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension
  • Linux Micro
  • Manager Proxy
  • Manager Retail Branch Server
  • Manager Server
  • Openstack Cloud
  • Openstack Cloud Crowbar
  • Public Cloud Module
  • Realtime Module
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2026-31431.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/29/23 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/29/25 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/29/26 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/10 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/11 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/12 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/14 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/15 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/16 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/17 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/18 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/2 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/20 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/5 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/6 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/10 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/12 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/15 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/16 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/17 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/18 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/2 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/22 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/23 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/24 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/01/3 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/14 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/15 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/16 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/17 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/18 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/19 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/20 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/21 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/23 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/24 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/25 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/4 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/5 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/6 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/7 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/02/8 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/03/10 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/03/12 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/03/13 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/03/3 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/03/4 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/03/5 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/03/6 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/1 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/10 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/11 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/12 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/13 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/14 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/2 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/24 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/27 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/28 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/29 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/31 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/8 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/04/9 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/06/5 cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/07/2 cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-31431#cve-details-mitigation cve-icon cve-icon
https://copy.fail cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d43105a97be0810edbda875f2cd03f30dc130c cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3115af9644c342b356f3f07a4dd1c8905cd9a6fc cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/893d22e0135fa394db81df88697fba6032747667 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b88d99341f139e23bdeb1027a2a3ae10d341d82 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/961cfa271a918ad4ae452420e7c303149002875b cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a664bf3d603dc3bdcf9ae47cc21e0daec706d7a5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce42ee423e58dffa5ec03524054c9d8bfd4f6237 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fafe0fa2995a0f7073c1c358d7d3145bcc9aedd8 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/theori-io/copy-fail-CVE-2026-31431 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026042214-CVE-2026-31431-3d65@gregkh/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026042214-CVE-2026-31431-3d65@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31431 cve-icon
https://websec.net/blog/cve-2026-31431-linux-algifaead-page-cache-write-to-root-69f38a4ccddd2db1f520f170 cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-31431 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31431 cve-icon
https://xint.io/blog/copy-fail-linux-distributions#the-fix-6 cve-icon cve-icon

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