CVE-2026-89538

SUNRPC: Reject krb5 v2 wrap tokens with oversized ec field

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:44 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

3.13cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1
Vendor states this is fixed in 1f9856af065b6158271687e9788407b9573fd16f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4abb44a29bb515df6f49123848765c70fc9b5021 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 880effc943ed82d6811f272ed3307c222b40f4d6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9fc6d6e6db49ab55208d5dd1c424c1d0d9aa7296 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ac9efc29346b6942e71f0e24a3178a9121330fab (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ad484748eec0a66eac0f13ab53b3fbedb7333c91 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b5746095b59f4d11f39f08751d36bbdfd1e5deac (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dfcd81ab45613d45996fbf483d4ef54b0ec90ab9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

9.8CRITICALLinux
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