Vulnerability · Published Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-93157hwrng: xilinx-trng - propagate timeout before any data is read

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In plain English

A security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwrng: xilinx-trng - propagate timeout before any data is read xtrng_readblock32() polls for 16-byte chunks but returns the number of bytes read even when the first poll times out. Its caller then treats a zero return as a short successful read, and partial reads for full 32-byte blocks can make the tail copy use a fixed block offset rather than the amount already produced. Return the poll error when no data has been read, preserve partial positive returns after some data is available, stop the generator on all collection exits, and append tail bytes at the current output count.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux7.2.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-42.42UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1016.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-42.42~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1015.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-42.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-93157

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 8979744aca8096ee5072798dfc1181606919b35d – before 62219775a07ce0bd8085852f3d1e2d772bf6fdec8979744aca8096ee5072798dfc1181606919b35d – before bdc3b37a935f28c3e9eb2f6e889b4644d859fb088979744aca8096ee5072798dfc1181606919b35d – before ba088974419326daf46c5dc03e2cf6ab6ab701f7
Linux Linux 6.18

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