{"cve":"CVE-2026-31635","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-24T15:16:42.820","modified":"2026-06-17T10:34:08.150","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrxrpc: fix oversized RESPONSE authenticator length check\n\nrxgk_verify_response() decodes auth_len from the packet and is supposed\nto verify that it fits in the remaining bytes. The existing check is\ninverted, so oversized RESPONSE authenticators are accepted and passed\nto rxgk_decrypt_skb(), which can later reach skb_to_sgvec() with an\nimpossible length and hit BUG_ON(len).\n\nDecoded from the original latest-net reproduction logs with\nscripts/decode_stacktrace.sh:\n\nRIP: __skb_to_sgvec()\n  [net/core/skbuff.c:5285 (discriminator 1)]\nCall Trace:\n skb_to_sgvec() [net/core/skbuff.c:5305]\n rxgk_decrypt_skb() [net/rxrpc/rxgk_common.h:81]\n rxgk_verify_response() [net/rxrpc/rxgk.c:1268]\n rxrpc_process_connection()\n   [net/rxrpc/conn_event.c:266 net/rxrpc/conn_event.c:364\n    net/rxrpc/conn_event.c:386]\n process_one_work() [kernel/workqueue.c:3281]\n worker_thread()\n   [kernel/workqueue.c:3353 kernel/workqueue.c:3440]\n kthread() [kernel/kthread.c:436]\n ret_from_fork() [arch/x86/kernel/process.c:164]\n\nReject authenticator lengths that exceed the remaining packet payload.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-130"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2567217ade970ecc458144b6be469bc015b23e5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/beee051f259acd286fed64c32c2b31e6f5097eb5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2f1a80d8b1ed6a5ae585a399c2b46500bdcc305","https://github.com/v12-security/pocs/tree/main/dirtydecrypt"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:33:09.003606135+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-31635","score":0.01017,"percentile":0.6334,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}