CVE-2026-43384 (GCVE-0-2026-43384)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-08 14:21 – Updated: 2026-05-08 14:21
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Title
net/tcp-ao: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time
Summary
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.
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Linux Linux Affected: 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 , < 8be6ed64966da48b6c4726918f106c18742a5125 (git)
Affected: 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 , < a269cbdc442f8658bca35383e34b9d0b0ff95a1c (git)
Affected: 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 , < 080b0e210088296dd50d6637c06c1db14246adfe (git)
Affected: 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 , < 67edfec516d30d3e62925c397be4a1e5185802fc (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 6.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.78 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.19 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.9 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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