In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: drbg - Fix returning success on failure in CTR_DRBG drbg_ctr_generate() sometimes returns success when it fails, leaving the output buffer uninitialized. Fix it.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/074db6db03a0aaa78f05ca9d4838053713796665 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23b8b188cb32e5531d0f8d3af9506f8959cb369e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39a31ad9e2a5ed7e9c9c6f711dca96c8c8f5f26b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75597e8774f319152744d24e0683d9393540a951 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b03312491f9fe6ba4d60c4023e7e61d2d1fed96 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9e886f73dd717027028bb7e3bbca93601ecdfc7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbbac12083eff489b35d848332f0dff311131344 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc42fb40171c249bb859071d81b4eb007398a0bc Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-24 13:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/074db6db03a0aaa78f05ca9d4838053713796665 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23b8b188cb32e5531d0f8d3af9506f8959cb369e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39a31ad9e2a5ed7e9c9c6f711dca96c8c8f5f26b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75597e8774f319152744d24e0683d9393540a951 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b03312491f9fe6ba4d60c4023e7e61d2d1fed96 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9e886f73dd717027028bb7e3bbca93601ecdfc7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbbac12083eff489b35d848332f0dff311131344 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc42fb40171c249bb859071d81b4eb007398a0bc Patch