CVE-2026-52936

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: jitterentropy - replace long-held spinlock with mutex jent_kcapi_random() serializes the shared jitterentropy state, but it currently holds a spinlock across the jent_read_entropy() call. That path performs expensive jitter collection and SHA3 conditioning, so parallel readers can trigger stalls as contending waiters spin for the same lock. To prevent non-preemptible lock hold, replace rng->jent_lock with a mutex so contended readers sleep instead of spinning on a shared lock held across expensive entropy generation.

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 6.6.141) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.91) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.33) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.0.10)