Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: krb5enc - fix async decrypt skipping hash verification
krb5enc_dispatch_decrypt() sets req->base.complete as the skcipher callback, which is the caller's own completion handler. When the skcipher completes asynchronously, this signals "done" to the caller without executing krb5enc_dispatch_decrypt_hash(), completely bypassing the integrity verification (hash check).
Compare with the encrypt path which correctly uses krb5enc_encrypt_done as an intermediate callback to chain into the hash computation on async completion.
Fix by adding krb5enc_decrypt_done as an intermediate callback that chains into krb5enc_dispatch_decrypt_hash() upon async skcipher completion, matching the encrypt path's callback pattern.
Also fix EBUSY/EINPROGRESS handling throughout: remove krb5enc_request_complete() which incorrectly swallowed EINPROGRESS notifications that must be passed up to callers waiting on backlogged requests, and add missing EBUSY checks in krb5enc_encrypt_ahash_done for the dispatch_encrypt return value.
Unset MAY_BACKLOG on the async completion path so the user won't see back-to-back EINPROGRESS notifications.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= d1775a177f7f38156d541c8a3e3c91eaa6e69699, < 07cbb1bd424370671814a862913c99a6e1441588; >= d1775a177f7f38156d541c8a3e3c91eaa6e69699, < e51f42114abbdf47f29dda43e7826be28907fcd2; >= d1775a177f7f38156d541c8a3e3c91eaa6e69699, < 3bfbf5f0a99c991769ec562721285df7ab69240b |
| Linux | Linux | 6.15 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- May 1, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 11, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified