CVE-2026-43383

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's TCP MD5 signature option. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform timing attacks due to a non-constant-time comparison of Message Authentication Codes (MACs). By observing the time taken for MAC comparisons, an attacker could potentially infer sensitive information, which may aid in further exploitation.

Red Hat acknowledges the upstream Linux kernel correction for «net/tcp-md5» as described in COMMENT_ZERO. Fixes are delivered through standard kernel errata for supported products. Operational exposure depends on whether this subsystem or driver is active in your configuration.

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