Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64312
Published: July 27, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU139666
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64312
CWE-ID: CWE-670
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper callback handling in the pcrypt aead fallback path in crypto/pcrypt.c when processing non-parallel fallback after padata submission returns -EBUSY. A local user can trigger asynchronous cryptographic operations that use the fallback path to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64312
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3920c5f6edc341729d20d0507e466c6d3b11f372
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4711ca06bd169a2cbc9cc59a6de2ed512c41a880
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81ce16d938db9b88cdc231522c0358395ae8c6b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82789a44415e3e31168229421b138278dfb16412
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83fa1397d5853de1e27dd52ec44b068ff358ca18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae93c5b3e2a2968b56d772ca1d06615927b7cc36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4bd2f4c35b0e15b6040c2f7e7e7986780c066cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed459fe319376e876de433d12b6c6772e612ca36