FKIE_CVE-2026-43493

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-19 12:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:49
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d7f07df450bac3301938fbc4251f2611be4084e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46271895ddfb1ba41f89f7e0dffbe9c2bcf7380a
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76641449b28979ebd6c02e9598367e119e385236
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77d55bc8675ee851ed639dc9be77325a8024cf67
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/915b692e6cb723aac658c25eb82c58fd81235110
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f1cbca178c03188e201ed175251372149bb25f2
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae7e95638d956d556d74b9abb9e780d3bd3dcd9e
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb34e243df57e32f4c08fa191f3602ea19076276
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T10:49:48.600",
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