hwrng: virtio - Fix race on data_avail and actual data (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.21 % · percentile 11 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwrng: virtio - Fix race on data_avail and actual data The virtio rng device kicks off a new entropy request whenever the data available reaches zero. When a new request occurs at the end of a read operation, that is, when the result of that request is only needed by the next reader, then there is a race between the writing of the new data and the next reader. This is because there is no synchronisation whatsoever between the writer and the reader. Fix this by writing data_avail with smp_store_release and reading it with smp_load_acquire when we first enter read. The subsequent reads are safe because they're either protected by the first load acquire, or by the completion mechanism. Also remove the redundant zeroing of data_idx in random_recv_done (data_idx must already be zero at this point) and data_avail in request_entropy (ditto).
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/241ef15776a7c8505008db689175b320d345ecd3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a43bcb0b661cbbf3ad797d2aee6b6fd06b8fc69d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77471e4912d3960dafe141e268c44be8024fe4dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c76d991b6f01a5d931e7053a73bc9524975a5215
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22c30022cde6e2c88612b3a499223cfa912f1bc7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/318657b4c2077289659f1cd9e2a34f6a3b208e3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fc91f156b3f3446a1bce80cf4adedcbf41271c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac52578d6e8d300dd50f790f29a24169b1edd26c
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-205151
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-53998
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0369 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0247 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0225 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0170 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0108 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42 < 241ef15776a7c8505008db689175b320d345ecd3 ; affected f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42 < a43bcb0b661cbbf3ad797d2aee6b6fd06b8fc69d ; affected f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42 < 77471e4912d3960dafe141e268c44be8024fe4dc ; affected f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42 < c76d991b6f01a5d931e7053a73bc9524975a5215 ; affected f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42 < 22c30022cde6e2c88612b3a499223cfa912f1bc7 ; affected f7f510ec195781c857ab76366a3e1c59e1caae42 < 318657b4c2077289659f1cd9e2a34f6a3b208e3e |
| Linux · Linux | affected 2.6.26 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.26 ; unaffected 4.19.291 ≤ 4.19.* ; unaffected 5.4.251 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.188 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.121 ≤ 5.15.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |