CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64311

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the loongson-rng driver was removed due to multiple vulnerabilities, including lack of forward security and a use-after-free bug. The driver was unused and had no real purpose in the kernel.

Risk Assessment

Vulnerabilities in the driver could allow an attacker to exploit memory errors or replay previously generated random values, compromising system security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version where the loongson-rng driver has been removed.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: loongson - Remove broken and unused loongson-rng The loongson-rng rng_alg has several vulnerabilities, including not providing forward security, and a use-after-free bug due to the use of wait_for_completion_interruptible(). Meanwhile, the rng_alg framework doesn't really have any purpose in the first place other than to access the software algorithms crypto/drbg.c and crypto/jitterentropy.c. Hardware-specific rng_algs have no in-kernel user, and unlike hwrng there's no feed into the actual Linux RNG. As such, there's really no point to this code. There are of course other rng_alg drivers that are similarly unused, but they're similarly in the process of being phased out, e.g. https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] and https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Given that, there's no point in fixing forward these vulnerabilities, and it makes much more sense to simply roll back the addition of this driver. If this platform provides TRNG (not PRNG) functionality, it could make sense to add a hwrng driver, but it would be quite different.

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