SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: enforce krb5 token minimum length (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-89550
CRITICAL 9.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.49 % · percentile 42 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: enforce krb5 token minimum length svcauth_gss_unwrap_priv() validates only an upper bound on the wire-supplied opaque length before handing the buffer to gss_unwrap(): if (len > xdr_stream_remaining(xdr)) goto unwrap_failed; offset = xdr_stream_pos(xdr); ... maj_stat = gss_unwrap(ctx, offset, offset + len, buf); The wire value `len` flows unchanged as the upper bound into the krb5 unwrap path, so a len in [0, 16] passes this check and is handed to gss_unwrap(). For a krb5 v2 context that lands in gss_krb5_unwrap_v2(), which reads the 16-byte RFC 4121 token header fields at ptr+4 and ptr+6 and then calls rotate_left() before any integrity check. With a sub-header length the header reads run past the token, and _rotate_left()'s `shift %= buf->len` path can divide by zero when buf->len has been driven to zero by the truncated token. A header-only token (len == 16) is equally invalid: with a non-zero RRC field and the opaque blob ending at the XDR buffer boundary, rotate_left() builds a zero-length subbuffer, reaching the same division. Reject the token at the server entry point before it reaches the krb5 unwrap core. A valid sealed RFC 4121 token must contain the 16-byte header plus at least some encrypted payload. Fix by adding a minimum-length check immediately after the existing upper-bound check: if (len <= GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN) goto unwrap_failed;

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 7c9fdcfb1b64c47ed618c103b617af3f86e1239c < 2188232509f1559cb8fcb0c9a4b1e04317fa0f15 ; affected 7c9fdcfb1b64c47ed618c103b617af3f86e1239c < 0ea5b0c7f212c2772d32c2b88287b89a9cdf6edd ; affected 7c9fdcfb1b64c47ed618c103b617af3f86e1239c < dd6afc6cab8c5d387d1ed2f069562ef7bdadd651 ; affected 7c9fdcfb1b64c47ed618c103b617af3f86e1239c < de942dd8c2c8358bcad04ce44271954c48924423 ; affected 7c9fdcfb1b64c47ed618c103b617af3f86e1239c < 2eed1e6a976a44015c3ee78841fe336796e2b21c ; affected 7c9fdcfb1b64c47ed618c103b617af3f86e1239c < a919c5c88769cf8fb3ec071e6078d830bf512489
Linux · Linuxaffected 2.6.18 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.18 ; unaffected 6.1.191 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.157 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.109 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.50 ≤ 6.18.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD