CVE-2026-97589 (GCVE-0-2026-97589)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-25 10:22 – Updated: 2026-09-25 14:41
VLAI
Title
s390/crypto: Fix wrong return code to engine in asynch callbacks
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/crypto: Fix wrong return code to engine in asynch callbacks When crypto_finalize_hash_request() or crypto_finalize_skcipher_request() explicitly completes a request, the do_one_request callback must return 0 to indicate successful handling. Returning a negative error code causes the crypto engine to assume the driver failed to take ownership and triggers a second completion via crypto_request_complete(), resulting in a double completion. This pattern occurs in paes_s390.c 4 times and once in phmac_s390.c. Fixed in phmac_do_one_request() and all four paes do_one_request callbacks (ecb, cbc, ctr, xts) by returning 0 after explicit finalization instead of propagating the error code.
Severity
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 6cd87cb5ef6ca50ae17c371482ceaab1d635e232 , < 972e0d9b7d1d112240ccde1f1be85bf9ffaa1720 (git)
Affected: 6cd87cb5ef6ca50ae17c371482ceaab1d635e232 , < 5480291aa848e19e61175abfd457933516db70c6 (git)
Affected: 6cd87cb5ef6ca50ae17c371482ceaab1d635e232 , < ac1481320110b803ab9b79ab4d2ca11a74fc05f2 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.16
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.16 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.53 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.7 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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