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7.5 High
CVE-2026-31635

Linux vulnerability

Linux

Status
  • Not in CISA KEV
  • Vendor fix available
Exploit probabilityEPSSchecked 25 Oct
1.0%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Higher than 63% of scored CVEs

SeverityCVSS
7.5High

Description NVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: fix oversized RESPONSE authenticator length check rxgk_verify_response() decodes auth_len from the packet and is supposed to verify that it fits in the remaining bytes. The existing check is inverted, so oversized RESPONSE authenticators are accepted and passed to rxgk_decrypt_skb(), which can later reach skb_to_sgvec() with an impossible length and hit BUG_ON(len). Decoded from the original latest-net reproduction logs with scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh: RIP: __skb_to_sgvec() [net/core/skbuff.c:5285 (discriminator 1)] Call Trace: skb_to_sgvec() [net/core/skbuff.c:5305] rxgk_decrypt_skb() [net/rxrpc/rxgk_common.h:81] rxgk_verify_response() [net/rxrpc/rxgk.c:1268] rxrpc_process_connection() [net/rxrpc/conn_event.c:266 net/rxrpc/conn_event.c:364 net/rxrpc/conn_event.c:386] process_one_work() [kernel/workqueue.c:3281] worker_thread() [kernel/workqueue.c:3353 kernel/workqueue.c:3440] kthread() [kernel/kthread.c:436] ret_from_fork() [arch/x86/kernel/process.c:164] Reject authenticator lengths that exceed the remaining packet payload.

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CVE-2026-31635 coverage
Published (UTC)OutletHeadline
Tue 19 May · 09:50 UTCSecurityWeekDirtyDecrypt kernel flaw PoC released, raising privilege fears
Tue 19 May · 15:10 UTCThe Hacker NewsLinux Kernel Privilege Escalation Flaw Exposed by DirtyDecrypt PoC
Wed 20 May · 08:34 UTCSecurity AffairsDirtyDecrypt PoC Triggers LPE Flaw in Fedora, Arch, openSUSE
First in our coverage: SecurityWeek, 19 MayRSS feed
  1. DirtyDecrypt PoC Triggers LPE Flaw in Fedora, Arch, openSUSESecurity Affairs
  2. Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Flaw Exposed by DirtyDecrypt PoCThe Hacker News
  3. DirtyDecrypt kernel flaw PoC released, raising privilege fearsSecurityWeek · first in our coverage

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