CVE-2026-97592 PUBLISHED

s390/crypto: Fix missing scrub of temp buffers with AES ctr and gcm algorithm

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 24.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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

s390/crypto: Fix missing scrub of temp buffers with AES ctr and gcm algorithm

In function ctr_aes_crypt() there is a buffer used to process remaining bytes < AES_BLOCK_SIZE. This buffer was not scrubbed and thus could lead to expose of unwanted data. When the buffer is used explicitly scrub it at the end of the code block to avoid exposure of maybe sensitive data.

In a similar way the function gcm_aes_crypt() hat an error path where the CPACF param block was not scrubbed. Instead of return early now these error paths go to end of function where explicit scrubbing is done. Similar with the buffers which are part of the gcm_sg_walk structs from the variables gw_in and gw_out.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from d07f951903fa9922c375b8ab1ce81b18a0034e3b to 11eca05d2062032e1f07d56be58ed0b99f4b1d63 (excl.)
  • affected from d07f951903fa9922c375b8ab1ce81b18a0034e3b to 8b90a47c4fba27bb4f2f086611742493629e9696 (excl.)
  • affected from d07f951903fa9922c375b8ab1ce81b18a0034e3b to a83488cecb35f924b7541306ed84893bb9906196 (excl.)
  • affected from d07f951903fa9922c375b8ab1ce81b18a0034e3b to 8b7c3b6914f19caf648d05726a86af6326d3c2c6 (excl.)
  • Version cd51e26a3b89706beec64f2d8296cfb1c34e0c79 is affected
  • Version a7f580cdb42ec3d53bbb7c4e4335a98423703285 is affected
  • Version dbc9a791a70ea47be9f2acf251700fe254a2ab23 is affected
  • Version d68ac38895e84446848b7647ab9458d54cacba3e is affected
  • Version e78f1a43e72daf77705ad5b9946de66fc708b874 is affected
  • affected from 5.10.210 to 5.11 (excl.)
  • affected from 5.15.149 to 5.16 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.1.76 to 6.2 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.6.15 to 6.7 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.7.3 to 6.8 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.8 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.8 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc3 to * (incl.)

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