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Similarly, discard an\nincoming CHALLENGE packet if we get an error whilst generating a RESPONSE;\nthe server will send another CHALLENGE." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 9.8, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - rxrpc is a UDP/IP network protocol; the vulnerable CHALLENGE/RESPONSE handling processes packets received from a remote peer (a connecting client, or a malicious/spoofed AFS server) over the network.\nAC:L - The bug is gated on a transient `-ENOMEM`/`-EAGAIN` during handshake processing, but an attacker can induce the required memory pressure by flooding the target with concurrent rxrpc handshakes, making the failing `GFP_NOFS` allocation reachable repeatably.\nPR:N - The CHALLENGE/RESPONSE packets are processed during the security handshake before the connection is secured (`RXRPC_CONN_SERVICE_CHALLENGING`), so no authentication or credentials are needed to reach the code.\nUI:N - A server processing an incoming RESPONSE, and automated AFS clients/daemons processing a CHALLENGE, require no human interaction to trigger the fault.\nS:U - The corruption and its impact are confined to the kernel's own memory/security authority; no crossing of a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary is involved.\nC:H - The CHALLENGE-path refcount underflow frees the `rxrpc_connection` while still referenced; a UAF lets an attacker reallocate and read controlled freed-object contents, enabling kernel memory disclosure.\nI:H - The same use-after-free / refcount-underflow on the connection object enables heap grooming and write primitives over the freed structure, allowing kernel memory/control-flow corruption.\nA:H - The double-put UAF and the re-decryption of partially-decrypted RESPONSE packets reliably oops/panic the kernel and abort connections, causing a denial of service." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "include/trace/events/rxrpc.h", "net/rxrpc/conn_event.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea", "lessThan": "d61482be4aae1835b78875761206241835a7510e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea", "lessThan": "7b89868305052b94a91b708c462bc2281fa42a4a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea", "lessThan": "76cb9a2d252274adfae6e293a292434631a7d472", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea", "lessThan": "f55b383070170e988e4dec28be2af1714d258521", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea", "lessThan": "0422e7a4883f25101903f3e8105c0808aa5f4ce9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "include/trace/events/rxrpc.h", "net/rxrpc/conn_event.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "2.6.22", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.22", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.140", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.86", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.27", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.0.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.22", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.140" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.22", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.86" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.22", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.27" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.22", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.4" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.22", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d61482be4aae1835b78875761206241835a7510e" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b89868305052b94a91b708c462bc2281fa42a4a" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76cb9a2d252274adfae6e293a292434631a7d472" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f55b383070170e988e4dec28be2af1714d258521" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0422e7a4883f25101903f3e8105c0808aa5f4ce9" } ], "title": "rxrpc: Fix re-decryption of RESPONSE packets", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2026-45988", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "yes" }, { "Technical Impact": "total" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2026-10-16T15:18:47.821756Z" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-16T15:20:48.289Z" } } ] } }