What is CVE-2026-52936?

CVE-2026-52936 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-06-24.

How severe is CVE-2026-52936?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-52936

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: jitterentropy - replace long-held spinlock with mutex jent_kcapi_random() serializes the shared jitterentropy state, but it currently holds a spinlock across the…

EPSS: 0.001 (1.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions bb5530e4082446aac3a3d69780cd4dbfa4520013, 4.2, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-52936?: CVE-2026-52936 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-52936?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.