Critical severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89538
SUNRPC: Reject krb5 v2 wrap tokens with oversized ec field
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
SUNRPC: Reject krb5 v2 wrap tokens with oversized ec field
gss_krb5_unwrap_v2() sets buf->len to a logical
length, which can be much smaller than head[0].iov_len
(the allocated receive-page capacity). It then calls
xdr_buf_trim() with a trim length derived from the 16-bit
"extra count" (ec) field in the Kerberos v2 token header.
The ec field is authenticated by the post-decrypt memcmp()
against the encrypted header copy, so a randomly-mutated
value is rejected. However, any peer holding a valid GSS
context can legitimately encrypt a token whose ec exceeds
the plaintext length. Per RFC 4121, such a token is
structurally malformed.
Although xdr_buf_trim() now clamps the buf->len subtraction
to avoid unsigned underflow, the buffer is still left in a
semantically invalid state (zero length, inconsistent iov
lengths) when ec is oversized.
Reject these tokens before calling xdr_buf_trim(), giving
callers a well-defined GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_TOKEN error and
keeping the xdr_buf internally consistent. The wrapped blob
begins at a nonzero offset -- both callers pass len as
offset + opaque_len -- so buf->len still counts the offset
bytes that precede the blob. Compare the trim length
against the remaining wrapped segment, buf->len - offset,
rather than the whole buffer; comparing against buf->len
alone leaves an offset-wide window in which an oversized ec
passes the test and xdr_buf_trim() cuts into the bytes ahead
of the blob.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 before ac9efc29346b6942e71f0e24a3178a9121330fab; cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 before b5746095b59f4d11f39f08751d36bbdfd1e5deac; cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 before 9fc6d6e6db49ab55208d5dd1c424c1d0d9aa7296; cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 before 4abb44a29bb515df6f49123848765c70fc9b5021; cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 before dfcd81ab45613d45996fbf483d4ef54b0ec90ab9; cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 before 1f9856af065b6158271687e9788407b9573fd16f; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89538
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89538
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f9856af065b6158271687e9788407b9573fd16f
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4abb44a29bb515df6f49123848765c70fc9b5021
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/880effc943ed82d6811f272ed3307c222b40f4d6
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fc6d6e6db49ab55208d5dd1c424c1d0d9aa7296
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac9efc29346b6942e71f0e24a3178a9121330fab
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad484748eec0a66eac0f13ab53b3fbedb7333c91
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