CVE-2024-56690

CVE Details

Release Date:	2024-12-28
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: pcrypt - Call crypto layer directly when padata_do_parallel() return -EBUSY Since commit 8f4f68e788c3 ("crypto: pcrypt - Fix hungtask for PADATA_RESET"), the pcrypt encryption and decryption operations return -EAGAIN when the CPU goes online or offline. In alg_test(), a WARN is generated when pcrypt_aead_decrypt() or pcrypt_aead_encrypt() returns -EAGAIN, the unnecessary panic will occur when panic_on_warn set 1. Fix this issue by calling crypto layer directly without parallelization in that case.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	5.5
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20480	2025-07-17
Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20530	2025-08-18
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20100	2025-02-12
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20095	2025-02-09
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20100	2025-02-12
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20095	2025-02-09
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20480	2025-07-17
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20530	2025-08-18