SUNRPC: fix gssx_dec_option_array error path bugs (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.68 % · percentile 52 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: fix gssx_dec_option_array error path bugs Four coupled defects in the gssx XDR option-array decoder make the error paths unsafe: a NULL deref in the caller, a refcount leak on the decoded group_info, and a latent use-after-free that the leak fix would otherwise expose. gssx_dec_option_array() sets oa->count = 1 before allocating oa->data. If that allocation fails, -ENOMEM is returned with oa->count == 1 and oa->data == NULL. All other error paths jump to free_oa: which frees oa->data and NULLs it but also leaves oa->count == 1. The caller trusts the count: gssp_accept_sec_context_upcall() gssx_dec_accept_sec_context() gssx_dec_option_array() /* fails, count=1 data=NULL */ data = res.options.data[0].value /* NULL deref */ Independently, free_creds: releases the partially decoded svc_cred with a bare kfree(creds). gssx_dec_linux_creds() installs a groups_alloc() result into creds->cr_group_info; that object is kvmalloc-backed and refcounted, and only put_group_info() reaches kvfree(). A plain kfree(creds) drops the wrapper and leaks the group_info allocation. The natural fix for the leak is to call free_svc_cred(creds) before kfree(creds), but free_svc_cred() invokes put_group_info() on creds->cr_group_info unconditionally when non-NULL. The existing out_free_groups: path in gssx_dec_linux_creds() already called groups_free() on that pointer without clearing it, so once free_svc_cred() is wired in, the subsequent put_group_info() would touch freed memory. Fix all four together: - Move the oa->count = 1 assignment below the oa->data allocation so it is never set when oa->data is NULL. - Reset oa->count to 0 at free_oa: so count and data stay coherent and the caller sees an empty option array. - Call free_svc_cred(creds) before kfree(creds) at free_creds: so the refcounted cr_group_info is released. free_svc_cred() either NULL-guards each field explicitly (cr_group_info has an if() check) or delegates to a helper that is NULL-safe itself (kfree for the string fields, gss_mech_put() which guards with if(gm) at gss_mech_switch.c:342), so it is safe to call on a partially decoded svc_cred where only cr_uid/cr_gid/cr_group_info have been written and everything else is zero from kzalloc. - In gssx_dec_linux_creds()'s out_free_groups: path, release cr_group_info with put_group_info() rather than groups_free() so the teardown matches free_svc_cred()'s refcount-aware path, and clear the pointer so a later free_svc_cred() on the same creds does not release it a second time.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac86b45bb978cd4fdbcaaca82dd0f2337f8e310c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3473139d15d67e2fd737cf0613082adb5499362f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/993a9012e68b8667a0a9b316fd718680c7e008a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c56a46db3b7523f13e167c3e2c6e3c47a87dcb3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb30241f7ccace372ee83017891549f23a715581
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ff45361e9469e85c0f86b8e7b82c63e50bab8ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f85a83774d7f4e2ac71c0c384df0dfb6f7d0179a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e9a94539b1ec17a89177d952badfd0d844d694a
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-76455
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-89544
CERT-FR advisories
- 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 bb336cd8d5ecb69c430ebe3e7bcff68471d93fa8 < ac86b45bb978cd4fdbcaaca82dd0f2337f8e310c ; affected dd292e884c649f9b1c18af0ec75ca90b390cd044 < 3473139d15d67e2fd737cf0613082adb5499362f ; affected 934212a623cbab851848b6de377eb476718c3e4c < 993a9012e68b8667a0a9b316fd718680c7e008a0 ; affected 5e6013ae2c8d420faea553d363935f65badd32c3 < 8c56a46db3b7523f13e167c3e2c6e3c47a87dcb3 ; affected 3cfcfc102a5e57b021b786a755a38935e357797d < fb30241f7ccace372ee83017891549f23a715581 ; affected 3cfcfc102a5e57b021b786a755a38935e357797d < 3ff45361e9469e85c0f86b8e7b82c63e50bab8ef |
| Linux · Linux | affected 6.9 ; unaffected 0 < 6.9 ; unaffected 5.10.273 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.224 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.191 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 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 |