SUNRPC: Reject krb5 v2 wrap tokens with oversized ec field (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.71 % · percentile 54 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
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.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac9efc29346b6942e71f0e24a3178a9121330fab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5746095b59f4d11f39f08751d36bbdfd1e5deac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fc6d6e6db49ab55208d5dd1c424c1d0d9aa7296
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4abb44a29bb515df6f49123848765c70fc9b5021
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfcd81ab45613d45996fbf483d4ef54b0ec90ab9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f9856af065b6158271687e9788407b9573fd16f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/880effc943ed82d6811f272ed3307c222b40f4d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad484748eec0a66eac0f13ab53b3fbedb7333c91
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-76449
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-89538
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1372 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1335 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 < ac9efc29346b6942e71f0e24a3178a9121330fab ; affected cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 < b5746095b59f4d11f39f08751d36bbdfd1e5deac ; affected cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 < 9fc6d6e6db49ab55208d5dd1c424c1d0d9aa7296 ; affected cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 < 4abb44a29bb515df6f49123848765c70fc9b5021 ; affected cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 < dfcd81ab45613d45996fbf483d4ef54b0ec90ab9 ; affected cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 < 1f9856af065b6158271687e9788407b9573fd16f |
| Linux · Linux | affected 3.13 ; unaffected 0 < 3.13 ; unaffected 5.10.270 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.221 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.188 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.157 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |