{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-31637", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-03-09T15:48:24.125Z", "datePublished": "2026-04-24T14:44:51.364Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:24:01.829Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:24:01.829Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrxrpc: reject undecryptable rxkad response tickets\n\nrxkad_decrypt_ticket() decrypts the RXKAD response ticket and then\nparses the buffer as plaintext without checking whether\ncrypto_skcipher_decrypt() succeeded.\n\nA malformed RESPONSE can therefore use a non-block-aligned ticket\nlength, make the decrypt operation fail, and still drive the ticket\nparser with attacker-controlled bytes.\n\nCheck the decrypt result and abort the connection with RXKADBADTICKET\nwhen ticket decryption fails." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - The vulnerable path is reached by remote RxRPC RESPONSE packets over UDP to a listening AF_RXRPC service connection.\nAC:L - An attacker can initiate the connection, receive the server challenge, and craft a non-block-aligned ticket plus matching response using an attacker-chosen session key; no race or uncontrolled condition is required.\nPR:N - The flaw is in the authentication handshake before client credentials are validated, so a network attacker needs no prior privileges or valid rxkad ticket.\nUI:N - Exploitation only requires sending protocol packets to the service; no victim user action is needed.\nS:U - The impact remains within the kernel/RxRPC service security authority and does not cross a VM, IOMMU, or similar security boundary.\nC:H - The bug can bypass rxkad authentication and let an unauthenticated peer access data exposed by a protected RxRPC service in the highest reasonable deployment.\nI:H - A forged authenticated connection can issue arbitrary service RPCs and choose/downgrade the connection security level, enabling unauthorized modification of protected service state.\nA:H - In a severe RxRPC service deployment, the same authentication bypass can be used to invoke destructive or service-disrupting authenticated operations repeatedly over the network." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/rxrpc/rxkad.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea", "lessThan": "252157d939d179b5d767cb860ff8fa7f8723b67a", "status": 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