CVE-2025-52496
Description
A flaw was found in mbedtls. A race condition exists during Advanced Encryption Standard New Instructions (AES-NI) detection when specific compiler optimizations are enabled. This flaw allows a local attacker to potentially extract an AES key or perform a GCM forgery within a multithreaded program. This condition arises from concurrent access to shared resources without proper synchronization. Successful exploitation requires the attacker with the ability to influence the timing of threads within the affected application.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has determined that this vulnerability does not affect any currently supported Red Hat product. This assessment may evolve based on further analysis and discovery. For more information about this vulnerability and the products it affects, please see the linked references.
Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Access Control,Other
Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism; Alter Execution Logic
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