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CVE-2026-43384

net/tcp-ao: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tcp-ao: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time To prevent timing attacks, MACs need to be compared in constant time. Use the appropriate helper function for this.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 before 8be6ed64966da48b6c4726918f106c18742a5125; affected 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 before a269cbdc442f8658bca35383e34b9d0b0ff95a1c; affected 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 before 080b0e210088296dd50d6637c06c1db14246adfe; affected 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 before 67edfec516d30d3e62925c397be4a1e5185802fc
Linux / Linuxaffected 6.7; unaffected 0 before 6.7; unaffected 6.12.78 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.19 through 6.18.*; unaffected 6.19.9 through 6.19.*; unaffected 7.0 through *

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

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