Critical severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89550
SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: enforce krb5 token minimum length
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: enforce krb5 token minimum length
svcauth_gss_unwrap_priv() validates only an upper bound on the
wire-supplied opaque length before handing the buffer to
gss_unwrap():
if (len > xdr_stream_remaining(xdr))
goto unwrap_failed;
offset = xdr_stream_pos(xdr);
...
maj_stat = gss_unwrap(ctx, offset, offset + len, buf);
The wire value `len` flows unchanged as the upper bound into the
krb5 unwrap path, so a len in [0, 16] passes this check and is
handed to gss_unwrap(). For a krb5 v2 context that lands in
gss_krb5_unwrap_v2(), which reads the 16-byte RFC 4121 token
header fields at ptr+4 and ptr+6 and then calls rotate_left()
before any integrity check. With a sub-header length the header
reads run past the token, and _rotate_left()'s `shift %= buf->len`
path can divide by zero when buf->len has been driven to zero by
the truncated token. A header-only token (len == 16) is equally
invalid: with a non-zero RRC field and the opaque blob ending at
the XDR buffer boundary, rotate_left() builds a zero-length
subbuffer, reaching the same division.
Reject the token at the server entry point before it reaches the
krb5 unwrap core. A valid sealed RFC 4121 token must contain
the 16-byte header plus at least some encrypted payload.
Fix by adding a minimum-length check immediately after the
existing upper-bound check:
if (len <= GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN)
goto unwrap_failed;
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)0.5% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
7c9fdcfb1b64c47ed618c103b617af3f86e1239c before 0ea5b0c7f212c2772d32c2b88287b89a9cdf6edd; 7c9fdcfb1b64c47ed618c103b617af3f86e1239c before dd6afc6cab8c5d387d1ed2f069562ef7bdadd651; 7c9fdcfb1b64c47ed618c103b617af3f86e1239c before de942dd8c2c8358bcad04ce44271954c48924423; 7c9fdcfb1b64c47ed618c103b617af3f86e1239c before 2eed1e6a976a44015c3ee78841fe336796e2b21c; 7c9fdcfb1b64c47ed618c103b617af3f86e1239c before a919c5c88769cf8fb3ec071e6078d830bf512489; 2.6.18 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89550
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89550
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ea5b0c7f212c2772d32c2b88287b89a9cdf6edd
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eed1e6a976a44015c3ee78841fe336796e2b21c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a919c5c88769cf8fb3ec071e6078d830bf512489
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd6afc6cab8c5d387d1ed2f069562ef7bdadd651
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de942dd8c2c8358bcad04ce44271954c48924423
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