{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-46039", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-13T15:03:33.093Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-27T12:56:51.317Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:29:17.995Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:29:17.995Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrxgk: Fix potential integer overflow in length check\n\nFix potential integer overflow in rxgk_extract_token() when checking the\nlength of the ticket. Rather than rounding up the value to be tested\n(which might overflow), round down the size of the available data." } ], "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 - The bug is triggered by a crafted RxRPC RESPONSE packet received over UDP and parsed by the in-kernel rxgk server-side handshake (`rxgk_verify_response`); no local access is needed.\nAC:L - The integer overflow is deterministic for fixed `ticket_len` values (0xFFFFFFFD–0xFFFFFFFF), and all packet fields including the enumerable kvno/enctype used for the server-key lookup are attacker-controlled, so the attacker reliably triggers the OOB.\nPR:N - The RESPONSE packet is processed during the security handshake before the client is authenticated; the attacker needs no credentials, only a kvno/enctype matching a server key (a public, guessable identifier).\nUI:N - The rxrpc service processes incoming RESPONSE packets automatically with no victim interaction.\nS:U - The corruption is confined to the kernel's own memory within the same security authority; no VM/IOMMU boundary is crossed.\nC:H - The truncated negative length yields a ~4 GB scatterlist entry, causing an enormous out-of-bounds read of adjacent kernel memory during AEAD decryption, well beyond a few bounded bytes.\nI:H - The AEAD decrypt is in-place (src==dst scatterlist), so plaintext is written back across the oversized region, corrupting adjacent kernel heap memory (out-of-bounds write) before the fault.\nA:H - Reading/writing a ~4 GB region from a small skb buffer reliably hits unmapped memory, producing a kernel oops/panic (remote, unauthenticated DoS)." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/rxrpc/rxgk_app.c", "net/rxrpc/rxgk_common.h" ], "versions": [ { "version": "2429a197648178cd4dc930a9d87c13c547460564", "lessThan": "43222ac484f93b3ec2d240a7575e1cedd31f5fa4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "2429a197648178cd4dc930a9d87c13c547460564", "lessThan": "183d37f12d1c8ed24a5bfc7addad05510da22a94", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "2429a197648178cd4dc930a9d87c13c547460564", "lessThan": "6929350080f4da292d111a3b33e53138fee51cec", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "71571e187106631a8127f2dde780f35caa358d33", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "6.16.9", "lessThan": "6.17", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "net/rxrpc/rxgk_app.c", "net/rxrpc/rxgk_common.h" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.17", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.17", "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": "6.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.27" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.17", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.4" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.17", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.16.9" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43222ac484f93b3ec2d240a7575e1cedd31f5fa4" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/183d37f12d1c8ed24a5bfc7addad05510da22a94" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6929350080f4da292d111a3b33e53138fee51cec" } ], "title": "rxgk: Fix potential integer overflow in length check", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }