SUNRPC: harden gss_krb5_unwrap_v2 against short tokens

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-89542
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-11 20:19:37 UTC
Updated2026-09-14 13:19:09 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: harden gss_krb5_unwrap_v2 against short tokens gss_krb5_unwrap_v2() reads the EC and RRC header fields at ptr+4 and ptr+6 before validating that the token is at least GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN (16) bytes long, and its rotate_left() helper passes buf->len - base to xdr_buf_subsegment() without verifying that base <= buf->len. When a caller hands in a sub-16-byte token, or a token whose declared len leaves base past the end of the buffer, three distinct failures follow: gss_krb5_unwrap_v2(offset, len, buf) ptr = buf->head[0].iov_base + offset ec = *(ptr + 4) /* OOB read on short head */ rrc = *(ptr + 6) /* OOB read on short head */ rotate_left(offset + 16, buf, rrc) xdr_buf_subsegment(buf, &subbuf, base, buf->len - base) /* u32 wrap when base > len */ _rotate_left(&subbuf, shift) shift %= buf->len /* divide-by-zero when base == len */ After decryption, the cleanup arithmetic has the same shape: movelen = min_t(unsigned int, buf->head[0].iov_len, len); movelen -= offset + GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN + headskip; BUG_ON(offset + GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN + headskip + movelen > buf->head[0].iov_len); The BUG_ON re-adds the value just subtracted, so it reduces to min(A, B) > A and is permanently false; it cannot catch the unsigned underflow of movelen, which then drives a ~UINT_MAX-byte memmove(). Add four defense-in-depth guards inside the unwrap core so it is safe regardless of what its callers validate: - reject tokens with len - offset < GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN before touching ptr+4/ptr+6; - bail from rotate_left() when buf->len <= base, covering both the underflow and zero-length cases; - return early from _rotate_left() when buf->len is zero, so the shift %= buf->len modulo cannot fault; - replace the dead BUG_ON with a live check that returns GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_TOKEN before the movelen subtraction.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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

EPSS: 0.004630000 probability, percentile 0.388680000 (date 2026-09-14)

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected de9c17eb4a912c9028f7b470eb80815144883b26 299d281c7225ded15b28cb861a98d818d82787fc git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected de9c17eb4a912c9028f7b470eb80815144883b26 84ddbc8d084c0251d534f14f5d1a7da05be56404 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected de9c17eb4a912c9028f7b470eb80815144883b26 075d7cfc4df8c54cb202ba8b28420370c03ba9b6 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected de9c17eb4a912c9028f7b470eb80815144883b26 f2591660e0eb263c9415bf0d0bb1b111e62df7a4 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected de9c17eb4a912c9028f7b470eb80815144883b26 dddcb0f4b7e27fac16a78ea9a1c8ec2e8a241087 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected de9c17eb4a912c9028f7b470eb80815144883b26 806584a4b67a7233870c33e5b8f872e76dd02988 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected de9c17eb4a912c9028f7b470eb80815144883b26 a7894e10572d53eb10109b8d07459cc8d3435811 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected de9c17eb4a912c9028f7b470eb80815144883b26 6959297aaa9572783d620a226d73c3fb94494888 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 2.6.35 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 2.6.35 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.10.270 5.10.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.15.221 5.15.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.1.188 6.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.6.157 6.6.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12.109 6.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.50 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2.4 7.2.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.3-rc1 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/806584a4b67a7233870c33e5b8f872e76dd02988 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/84ddbc8d084c0251d534f14f5d1a7da05be56404 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2591660e0eb263c9415bf0d0bb1b111e62df7a4 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/6959297aaa9572783d620a226d73c3fb94494888 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7894e10572d53eb10109b8d07459cc8d3435811 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/dddcb0f4b7e27fac16a78ea9a1c8ec2e8a241087 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/299d281c7225ded15b28cb861a98d818d82787fc 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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