# CVE-2026-80836: crypto: virtio - bound the akcipher result length

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.49, 7.1.13, 7.2.3
- Published: 2026-09-04 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.19
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.19.0, fixed in 6.6.158; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.111; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.49; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.13; from 7.2.0, fixed in 7.2.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: virtio - bound the akcipher result length virtio_crypto_dataq_akcipher_callback() sets the result length from the device-reported response length without bounding it to the destination buffer, which was allocated for the original request length. sg_copy_from_buffer() then reads that many bytes from the destination buffer; a backend reporting a larger length over-reads adjacent kernel heap into the caller's scatterlist (an out-of-bounds read). Clamp the reported length to the originally requested destination length. A conforming device reports no more than that, so valid results are unaffected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.49, 7.1.13, 7.2.3) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0ffee8adc71a0bc548e5ebc6e021c013a874d79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd33cb19bcb432a4dd5e8f50be5e2547af1e9f78
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12c4f29e97f31b013f77ad65ba7daeb02aaa6abe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5545de5050cbc3594506d74f2c392b0716cf8bca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fda114a42f1510a4ec8a0b17a0cfc997952ccc2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f9f877b1ef1fbd4ee95571cddf39c8002cee252
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f77a956f6a19f9463ef1527c9d0cda50dded6b92

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