Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinuxbb5530e4082446aac3a3d69780cd4dbfa4520013 to <18216b8ab6904753eaf31baf453cb02ecd202ba4; bb5530e4082446aac3a3d69780cd4dbfa4520013 to <4c03e6eb98443dc4d6d422a9780034a5b75376b4; bb5530e4082446aac3a3d69780cd4dbfa4520013 to <ff734dbd9e2432601a6dcd167cfb0bf8a36d1880; bb5530e4082446aac3a3d69780cd4dbfa4520013 to <ec427dc5286da1ed08f2d510e2147a7581b0cb02; bb5530e4082446aac3a3d69780cd4dbfa4520013 to <01d798e9feb30212952d4e992801ba6bd6a82351
LinuxLinux4.2; 0 to <4.2; 6.6.141 to <=6.6.*; 6.12.91 to <=6.12.*; 6.18.33 to <=6.18.*; 7.0.10 to <=7.0.*; 7.1 to <=*

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