Answer in brief
CVE-2026-43492 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in lib/crypto: mpi: Fix integer underflow in mpi_read_raw_from_sgl(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Siemens/SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (generic), Siemens/SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Siemens/SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (generic), Siemens/SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (generic) and additional mapped packages. Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df <a1793a48881ec8d26e9c79b0ee65753f1c6846a4 || >=2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df <1abd50fc3cfa16fc2074a3c8c2729c50fd9d7043 || >=2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df <6d63615c796c085b4984e3031b9fa77fffb47360 || >=2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df <2aa77a18dc7f2670497fe3ee5acbeda0b57659e5 || >=2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df <26d3a97ad46c7a9226ec04d4bf35bd4998a97d16 || >=2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df <8637dfb4c1d8a7026ef681f2477c6de8b71c4003 || >=2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df <30e513e755bb381afce6fb57cdc8694136193f22 || >=2d4d1eea540b27c72488fd1914674c42473d53df <8c2f1288250a90a4b5cabed5d888d7e3aeed4035 | a1793a48881ec8d26e9c79b0ee65753f1c6846a4, 1abd50fc3cfa16fc2074a3c8c2729c50fd9d7043, 6d63615c796c085b4984e3031b9fa77fffb47360, 2aa77a18dc7f2670497fe3ee5acbeda0b57659e5, 26d3a97ad46c7a9226ec04d4bf35bd4998a97d16, 8637dfb4c1d8a7026ef681f2477c6de8b71c4003, 30e513e755bb381afce6fb57cdc8694136193f22, 8c2f1288250a90a4b5cabed5d888d7e3aeed4035 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 4.4 | Not reported |
| Siemens/SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFPgeneric | >=V3.1.6 <* | * |
| Siemens/SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFPgeneric | >=V3.1.6 <* | * |
| Siemens/SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFPgeneric | >=V3.1.6 <* | * |
Published upstream
May 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Jun 19, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/crypto: mpi: Fix integer underflow in mpi_read_raw_from_sgl() Yiming reports an integer underflow in mpi_read_raw_from_sgl() when subtracting "lzeros" from the unsigned "nbytes". For this to happen, the scatterlist "sgl" needs to occupy more bytes than the "nbytes" parameter and the first "nbytes + 1" bytes of the scatterlist must be zero. Under these conditions, the while loop iterating over the scatterlist will count more zeroes than "nbytes", subtract the number of zeroes from "nbytes" and cause the underflow. When commit 2d4d1eea540b ("lib/mpi: Add mpi sgl helpers") originally introduced the bug, it couldn't be triggered because all callers of mpi_read_raw_from_sgl() passed a scatterlist whose length was equal to "nbytes". However since commit 63ba4d67594a ("KEYS: asymmetric: Use new crypto interface without scatterlists"), the underflow can now actually be triggered. When invoking a KEYCTL_PKEY_ENCRYPT system call with a larger "out_len" than "in_len" and filling the "in" buffer with zeroes, crypto_akcipher_sync_prep() will create an all-zero scatterlist used for both the "src" and "dst" member of struct akcipher_request and thereby fulfil the conditions to trigger the bug: sys_keyctl() keyctl_pkey_e_d_s() asymmetric_key_eds_op() software_key_eds_op() crypto_akcipher_sync_encrypt() crypto_akcipher_sync_prep() crypto_akcipher_encrypt() rsa_enc() mpi_read_raw_from_sgl() To the user this will be visible as a DoS as the kernel spins forever, causing soft lockup splats as a side effect. Fix it.
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