High severity · published Apr 25, 2026
CVE-2026-31676
rxrpc: only handle RESPONSE during service challenge
7.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: only handle RESPONSE during service challenge Only process RESPONSE packets while the service connection is still in RXRPC_CONN_SERVICE_CHALLENGING. Check that state under state_lock before running response verification and security initialization, then use a local secured flag to decide whether to queue the secured-connection work after the state transition. This keeps duplicate or late RESPONSE packets from re-running the setup path and removes the unlocked post-transition state test.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.22 before 6.6.136; 6.7 before 6.12.84; 6.13 before 6.18.23; 6.19 before 6.19.13; 7.0; 7.0; +5 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea before a1a8efde03a40b6c658d580e96644d9b9a2a0d3a; 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea before 6c3a0fbdafef8316e34ae22333e317a341e737cd; 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea before 0afdfd4941c1b60a1f5c361760daa970edca60cd; 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea before a6bcf8010af093fe04f7100562e9542ab7882585; 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea before 29b44d904dceb832be880def08b8cb17a0aba91c; 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea before d0035e634dae83237ab7f5681eb52b2f65d0ceb8; +3 more · source: vendor