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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2026-31638

rxrpc: Only put the call ref if one was acquired

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Only put the call ref if one was acquired rxrpc_input_packet_on_conn() can process a to-client packet after the current client call on the channel has already been torn down. In that case chan->call is NULL, rxrpc_try_get_call() returns NULL and there is no reference to drop. The client-side implicit-end error path does not account for that and unconditionally calls rxrpc_put_call(). This turns a protocol error path into a kernel crash instead of rejecting the packet. Only drop the call reference if one was actually acquired. Keep the existing protocol error handling unchanged.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 5e6ef4f1017c7f844e305283bbd8875af475e2fc to < b8f66447448d6c305a51413a67ec8ed26aa7d1ddaffected
  • 5e6ef4f1017c7f844e305283bbd8875af475e2fc to < 0c156aff8a2d4fa0d61db7837641975cf0e5452daffected
  • 5e6ef4f1017c7f844e305283bbd8875af475e2fc to < 8299ca146489664e3c0c90a3b8900d8335b1ede4affected
  • 5e6ef4f1017c7f844e305283bbd8875af475e2fc to < 9fb09861e2b8d1abfe2efaf260c9f1d30080ea38affected
  • 5e6ef4f1017c7f844e305283bbd8875af475e2fc to < 6331f1b24a3e85465f6454e003a3e6c22005a5c5affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.2affected
  • 0 to < 6.2unaffected
  • 6.6.135 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.82 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.23 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 6.19.13 to ≤ 6.19.*unaffected
  • 7.0 to ≤ *unaffected

References