# CVE-2026-64306: crypto: drbg - Fix returning success on failure in CTR\_DRBG

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.13
- Published: 2026-07-25 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: from 3.12.44, fixed in 3.13
- Linux: 4.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: drbg - Fix returning success on failure in CTR_DRBG drbg_ctr_generate() sometimes returns success when it fails, leaving the output buffer uninitialized. Fix it.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/074db6db03a0aaa78f05ca9d4838053713796665
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b03312491f9fe6ba4d60c4023e7e61d2d1fed96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75597e8774f319152744d24e0683d9393540a951
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc42fb40171c249bb859071d81b4eb007398a0bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbbac12083eff489b35d848332f0dff311131344
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23b8b188cb32e5531d0f8d3af9506f8959cb369e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9e886f73dd717027028bb7e3bbca93601ecdfc7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39a31ad9e2a5ed7e9c9c6f711dca96c8c8f5f26b

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