CVE-2026-97591: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/crypto: Fix handling of EBUSY in PHMAC when req is pushed to crypto engine When a request is transferred to the engine via crypto_transfer_hash_request_to_engine() there are two return codes signaling a successful transfer: EINPROGRESS and EBUSY. However the correct handling of EBUSY was missing and has been added as a return code indicating a successful transfer to the crypto engine.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 6.17, before 6.18.53 (fixed in 6.18.53); from 6.19, before 7.2.7 (fixed in 7.2.7)

Published 2026-09-25. Last modified 2026-09-25.