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CVE-2026-93157

kernel: hwrng: xilinx-trng - propagate timeout before any data is read

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 17, 2026

Updated · October 20, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the xilinx-trng hardware random number generator (HWRNG) driver in the Linux kernel. The xtrng_readblock32() function can incorrectly indicate a successful read even when a timeout occurs and no random data has been produced. This can result in the kernel processing incomplete or zero-byte data as valid random output. The consequence is that systems relying on this driver may utilize random numbers of compromised quality, potentially impacting the security of cryptographic operations or other functions dependent on true random data.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-253 · Incorrect Check of Function Return Value