CVE-2026-89538

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedSep 11, 2026
First seenSep 11, 2026

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  • Linux Linuxac9efc29346b6942e71f0e24a3178a9121330fab, b5746095b59f4d11f39f08751d36bbdfd1e5deac, 9fc6d6e6db49ab55208d5dd1c424c1d0d9aa7296, 4abb44a29bb515df6f49123848765c70fc9b5021, dfcd81ab45613d45996fbf483d4ef54b0ec90ab9, 1f9856af065b6158271687e9788407b9573fd16f, 880effc943ed82d6811f272ed3307c222b40f4d6, ad484748eec0a66eac0f13ab53b3fbedb7333c91 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxcf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 ≤ v < ac9efc29346b6942e71f0e24a3178a9121330fab, cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 ≤ v < b5746095b59f4d11f39f08751d36bbdfd1e5deac, cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 ≤ v < 9fc6d6e6db49ab55208d5dd1c424c1d0d9aa7296, cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 ≤ v < 4abb44a29bb515df6f49123848765c70fc9b5021, cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 ≤ v < dfcd81ab45613d45996fbf483d4ef54b0ec90ab9, cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 ≤ v < 1f9856af065b6158271687e9788407b9573fd16f, cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 ≤ v < 880effc943ed82d6811f272ed3307c222b40f4d6, cf4c024b908353fcc48309374d39e3399d67dfd1 ≤ v < ad484748eec0a66eac0f13ab53b3fbedb7333c91, 3.13ac9efc29346b6942e71f0e24a3178a9121330fab, b5746095b59f4d11f39f08751d36bbdfd1e5deac, 9fc6d6e6db49ab55208d5dd1c424c1d0d9aa7296, 4abb44a29bb515df6f49123848765c70fc9b5021, dfcd81ab45613d45996fbf483d4ef54b0ec90ab9, 1f9856af065b6158271687e9788407b9573fd16f, 880effc943ed82d6811f272ed3307c222b40f4d6, ad484748eec0a66eac0f13ab53b3fbedb7333c91

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