CVE-2026-52936 PUBLISHED

crypto: jitterentropy - replace long-held spinlock with mutex

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 24.06.2026 Updated: 24.06.2026

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

crypto: jitterentropy - replace long-held spinlock with mutex

jent_kcapi_random() serializes the shared jitterentropy state, but it currently holds a spinlock across the jent_read_entropy() call. That path performs expensive jitter collection and SHA3 conditioning, so parallel readers can trigger stalls as contending waiters spin for the same lock.

To prevent non-preemptible lock hold, replace rng->jent_lock with a mutex so contended readers sleep instead of spinning on a shared lock held across expensive entropy generation.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from bb5530e4082446aac3a3d69780cd4dbfa4520013 to 18216b8ab6904753eaf31baf453cb02ecd202ba4 (excl.)
  • affected from bb5530e4082446aac3a3d69780cd4dbfa4520013 to 4c03e6eb98443dc4d6d422a9780034a5b75376b4 (excl.)
  • affected from bb5530e4082446aac3a3d69780cd4dbfa4520013 to ff734dbd9e2432601a6dcd167cfb0bf8a36d1880 (excl.)
  • affected from bb5530e4082446aac3a3d69780cd4dbfa4520013 to ec427dc5286da1ed08f2d510e2147a7581b0cb02 (excl.)
  • affected from bb5530e4082446aac3a3d69780cd4dbfa4520013 to 01d798e9feb30212952d4e992801ba6bd6a82351 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.2 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.2 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.141 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.91 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.33 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.10 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1 to * (incl.)

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