# s390/crypto: Fix missing scrub of temp buffers with AES ctr and gcm algorithm

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97592`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97592`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:22 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `cd51e26a3b89706beec64f2d8296cfb1c34e0c79 to before 538f00558db9a66aeff20c36f43692c178a0e0eb` (git)
  - affected: `a7f580cdb42ec3d53bbb7c4e4335a98423703285 to before 6ab772d675a885c3119bf0e79ea9e84756d7657a` (git)
  - affected: `dbc9a791a70ea47be9f2acf251700fe254a2ab23 to before e17b85eb8cee90a1200fa5e7806db7ffa08a0608` (git)
  - affected: `d68ac38895e84446848b7647ab9458d54cacba3e to before 991c875310254a13b3a637bb279379c8c66e842d` (git)
  - affected: `d07f951903fa9922c375b8ab1ce81b18a0034e3b to before 11eca05d2062032e1f07d56be58ed0b99f4b1d63` (git)
  - affected: `d07f951903fa9922c375b8ab1ce81b18a0034e3b to before 8b90a47c4fba27bb4f2f086611742493629e9696` (git)
  - affected: `d07f951903fa9922c375b8ab1ce81b18a0034e3b to before a83488cecb35f924b7541306ed84893bb9906196` (git)
  - affected: `d07f951903fa9922c375b8ab1ce81b18a0034e3b to before 8b7c3b6914f19caf648d05726a86af6326d3c2c6` (git)
  - affected: `e78f1a43e72daf77705ad5b9946de66fc708b874` (git)
  - affected: `5.10.210 to before 5.10.271` (semver)
  - affected: `5.15.149 to before 5.15.222` (semver)
  - affected: `6.1.76 to before 6.1.189` (semver)
  - and 2 more
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.8`
  - unaffected: `before 6.8` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 11th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97592](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97592)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97592](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97592)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/538f00558db9a66aeff20c36f43692c178a0e0eb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ab772d675a885c3119bf0e79ea9e84756d7657a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e17b85eb8cee90a1200fa5e7806db7ffa08a0608>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/991c875310254a13b3a637bb279379c8c66e842d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11eca05d2062032e1f07d56be58ed0b99f4b1d63>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b90a47c4fba27bb4f2f086611742493629e9696>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a83488cecb35f924b7541306ed84893bb9906196>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b7c3b6914f19caf648d05726a86af6326d3c2c6>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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