Bug 2479812 (CVE-2026-43493) - CVE-2026-43493 kernel: crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests
Summary: CVE-2026-43493 kernel: crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43493
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-05-19 12:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-19 16:24 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-19 12:01:22 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crypto: pcrypt - Fix handling of MAY_BACKLOG requests

MAY_BACKLOG requests can return EBUSY.  Handle them by checking
for that value and filtering out EINPROGRESS notifications.
Comment 1 Alexander B 2026-05-19 16:23:15 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-43493.mbox
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