Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-74578

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - crypto: algifskcipher - force synchronous processing on trees without ctx-state The AIO/async path in skcipherrecvmsg passes the socket-wide ctx-iv directly int...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74578

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algifskcipher - force synchronous processing on trees without ctx-state The AIO/async path in skcipherrecvmsg passes the socket-wide ctx-iv directly into the skcipher request. After iosubmit the socket lock is dropped and...

CVE-2026-74578

CVE-2026-74578 affects the Linux kernel crypto/algif_skcipher path. The AIO/async path in skcipher_recvmsg() could expose an attacker-controlled IV by overwriting ctx->iv via concurrent ALG_SET_IV writes, enabling IV/keystream reuse for CTR/stream modes and potentially plaintext recovery of co...

PT-2026-73140

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algif skcipher - force synchronous processing on trees without ctx-state The AIO/async path in skcipher recvmsg passes the socket-wide ctx-iv directly into the skcipher request. After io submit the socket lock is dropped...