hwrng: core - fix rng list on registration error
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 7 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwrng: core - fix rng list on registration error hwrng_register(rng) does the following: 1. Checks if rng has name and read methods set 2. Checks if the name already exists 3. Adds rng to global rng_list 4. May try to set rng to current_rng If step 4 fails, it returns an error. However, it does not remove the rng from rng_list, causing a dangling reference which can result in use-after-free if the caller frees rng, since registration failed. Add a list_del_init() cleanup step.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.10
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.110, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93163
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-22cg-3qr6-xx65
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@e37c67f768234e14cd6ea3b081568dd915c5b67e · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@30b2cc2966dac87ee95a99c49e28486c2a8129cd, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-11-01 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30b2cc2966dac87ee95a99c49e28486c2a8129cd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e37c67f768234e14cd6ea3b081568dd915c5b67e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de4f1bcb61a73cc896decdbd27d61a34add93b53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf293c9c7424de0d04b51367d07f40570ce80231
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bee8d1fcdc8f389b595b0a4cf6fe8440f499458a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5834db2b1ce25649f330e78efe1ccde78967fd
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93163 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93163 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-22cg-3qr6-xx65 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93163 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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