libkcapi: patch CVE-2026-71225

Backport commit fixing the CVE as per the release notes[1]

Details:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2026-71225

[1]https://github.com/smuellerDD/libkcapi/releases/tag/v1.5.1

Signed-off-by: Ankur Tyagi <ankur.tyagi85@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Anuj Mittal <anuj.mittal@oss.qualcomm.com>
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Ankur Tyagi authored and Anuj Mittal committed 2026-09-15 07:52:14 +05:30
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From ca418d6cc684057bcead18b3dd68d64cb3e156af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:39:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add safety measure to prevent IV reuse
Signed-off-by: Zoltan Fridrich <zfridric@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephan Mueller <smueller@chronox.de>
CVE: CVE-2026-71225
Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/smuellerDD/libkcapi/commit/017adba8f54f36f92e1919687fb67a89c4d299c6]
Dropped changes to the CHANGES.md file.
Signed-off-by: Ankur Tyagi <ankur.tyagi85@gmail.com>
---
lib/kcapi-kernel-if.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/kcapi-kernel-if.c b/lib/kcapi-kernel-if.c
index a54cdaa..859ecdf 100644
--- a/lib/kcapi-kernel-if.c
+++ b/lib/kcapi-kernel-if.c
@@ -1387,6 +1387,15 @@ ssize_t _kcapi_cipher_crypt_chunk(struct kcapi_handle *handle,
inlen -= inprocess;
out += ret;
outlen -= (size_t)ret;
+
+ /*
+ * Clear the IV so subsequent chunks do not override the
+ * kernel's chained IV via ALG_SET_IV. The kernel updates
+ * its internal IV after each operation; by not sending
+ * ALG_SET_IV for later chunks, the next chunk continues
+ * where the previous one left off.
+ */
+ handle->cipher.iv = NULL;
}
return totallen;
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/smuellerDD/libkcapi.git;branch=master;protocol=https
file://CVE-2026-71226-2.patch \
file://CVE-2026-71226-3.patch \
file://CVE-2026-71227.patch \
file://CVE-2026-71225.patch \
"
inherit autotools