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GHSA-V9G7-8CGP-9V29

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-19 12:31 – Updated: 2026-05-20 18:31

Details

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

crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests

MAY_BACKLOG requests can return EBUSY. Handle them by checking for that value and filtering out EINPROGRESS notifications.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-05-20T18:31:32Z",
  "published": "2026-05-19T12:31:41Z",
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CVE-2026-43493 (GCVE-0-2026-43493)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-19 10:44 – Updated: 2026-05-20 16:08

Title

crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests MAY_BACKLOG requests can return EBUSY. Handle them by checking for that value and filtering out EINPROGRESS notifications.

Severity ?

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f1cbca178c03188e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb34e243df57e32f4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77d55bc8675ee851e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46271895ddfb1ba41…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/915b692e6cb723aac…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5a1436beec5744029f3ac90b6fe71a698dcd6155 , < 9f1cbca178c03188e201ed175251372149bb25f2 (git) Affected: 5a1436beec5744029f3ac90b6fe71a698dcd6155 , < eb34e243df57e32f4c08fa191f3602ea19076276 (git) Affected: 5a1436beec5744029f3ac90b6fe71a698dcd6155 , < 77d55bc8675ee851ed639dc9be77325a8024cf67 (git) Affected: 5a1436beec5744029f3ac90b6fe71a698dcd6155 , < 46271895ddfb1ba41f89f7e0dffbe9c2bcf7380a (git) Affected: 5a1436beec5744029f3ac90b6fe71a698dcd6155 , < 915b692e6cb723aac658c25eb82c58fd81235110 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.34 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.34 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.86 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.27 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.4 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-V9G7-8CGP-9V29

CVE-2026-43493 (GCVE-0-2026-43493)

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