CVE-2026-52936

crypto: jitterentropy - replace long-held spinlock with mutex

published June 24, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00114 · 1.4th percentile
Published
2026-06-24T07:14Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 JUN 07:14Z
    crypto: jitterentropy - replace long-held spinlock with mutex
    cvelistv5