CVE-2026-31639 (GCVE-0-2026-31639)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-24 14:44 – Updated: 2026-05-11 22:12
VLAI
Title
rxrpc: Fix key reference count leak from call->key
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix key reference count leak from call->key When creating a client call in rxrpc_alloc_client_call(), the code obtains a reference to the key. This is never cleaned up and gets leaked when the call is destroyed. Fix this by freeing call->key in rxrpc_destroy_call(). Before the patch, it shows the key reference counter elevated: $ cat /proc/keys | grep afs@54321 1bffe9cd I--Q--i 8053480 4169w 3b010000 1000 1000 rxrpc afs@54321: ka $ After the patch, the invalidated key is removed when the code exits: $ cat /proc/keys | grep afs@54321 $
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a , < f1a7a3ab0f35f83cf11bba906b9e948cf3788c28 (git)
Affected: f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a , < e6b7943c5dc875647499da09bf4d50a8557ab0c3 (git)
Affected: f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a , < 2e6ef713b1598f6acd7f302fa6b12b6731c89914 (git)
Affected: f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a , < 978108902ee4ef2b348ff7ec36ad014dc5bc6dc6 (git)
Affected: f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a , < d666540d217e8d420544ebdfbadeedd623562733 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.2
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.2 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.135 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.82 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.23 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.13 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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