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GHSA-PRRP-JQ4X-WWQ4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-27 15:33 – Updated: 2026-05-30 12:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rxrpc: Fix re-decryption of RESPONSE packets

If a RESPONSE packet gets a temporary failure during processing, it may end up in a partially decrypted state - and then get requeued for a retry.

Fix this by just discarding the packet; we will send another CHALLENGE packet and thereby elicit a further response. Similarly, discard an incoming CHALLENGE packet if we get an error whilst generating a RESPONSE; the server will send another CHALLENGE.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-45988 (GCVE-0-2026-45988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 12:55 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:29

Title

rxrpc: Fix re-decryption of RESPONSE packets

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix re-decryption of RESPONSE packets If a RESPONSE packet gets a temporary failure during processing, it may end up in a partially decrypted state - and then get requeued for a retry. Fix this by just discarding the packet; we will send another CHALLENGE packet and thereby elicit a further response. Similarly, discard an incoming CHALLENGE packet if we get an error whilst generating a RESPONSE; the server will send another CHALLENGE.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d61482be4aae1835b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b89868305052b94a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76cb9a2d252274adf…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f55b383070170e988…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0422e7a4883f25101…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea , < d61482be4aae1835b78875761206241835a7510e (git) Affected: 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea , < 7b89868305052b94a91b708c462bc2281fa42a4a (git) Affected: 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea , < 76cb9a2d252274adfae6e293a292434631a7d472 (git) Affected: 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea , < f55b383070170e988e4dec28be2af1714d258521 (git) Affected: 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea , < 0422e7a4883f25101903f3e8105c0808aa5f4ce9 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.22 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.22 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.86 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.27 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.4 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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