High severity · published Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-31641
rxrpc: Fix RxGK token loading to check bounds
7.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Fix RxGK token loading to check bounds
rxrpc_preparse_xdr_yfs_rxgk() reads the raw key length and ticket length
from the XDR token as u32 values and passes each through round_up(x, 4)
before using the rounded value for validation and allocation. When the raw
length is >= 0xfffffffd, round_up() wraps to 0, so the bounds check and
kzalloc both use 0 while the subsequent memcpy still copies the original
~4 GiB value, producing a heap buffer overflow reachable from an
unprivileged add_key() call.
Fix this by:
(1) Rejecting raw key lengths above AFSTOKEN_GK_KEY_MAX and raw ticket
lengths above AFSTOKEN_GK_TOKEN_MAX before rounding, consistent with
the caps that the RxKAD path already enforces via AFSTOKEN_RK_TIX_MAX.
(2) Sizing the flexible-array allocation from the validated raw key
length via struct_size_t() instead of the rounded value.
(3) Caching the raw lengths so that the later field assignments and
memcpy calls do not re-read from the token, eliminating a class of
TOCTOU re-parse.
The control path (valid token with lengths within bounds) is unaffected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 4% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.16.1 before 6.18.23; 6.19 before 6.19.13; 6.16; 7.0; 7.0; 7.0; +4 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
0ca100ff4df64f5d0f6c1dd5080c3e096786bea6 before 3e04596cba8a86cbff9c3f4bf0a524a3a488773c; 0ca100ff4df64f5d0f6c1dd5080c3e096786bea6 before 49875b360c2b83a3c226e189c502e501d83e6445; 0ca100ff4df64f5d0f6c1dd5080c3e096786bea6 before d179a868dd755b0cfcf7582e00943d702b9943b8; 6.16 · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31641
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31641
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e04596cba8a86cbff9c3f4bf0a524a3a488773c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49875b360c2b83a3c226e189c502e501d83e6445
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d179a868dd755b0cfcf7582e00943d702b9943b8
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27288
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:55618
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31641
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