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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2026-45988

rxrpc: Fix re-decryption of RESPONSE packets

Description

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.

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

  • 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea to < d61482be4aae1835b78875761206241835a7510eaffected
  • 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea to < 7b89868305052b94a91b708c462bc2281fa42a4aaffected
  • 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea to < 76cb9a2d252274adfae6e293a292434631a7d472affected
  • 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea to < f55b383070170e988e4dec28be2af1714d258521affected
  • 17926a79320afa9b95df6b977b40cca6d8713cea to < 0422e7a4883f25101903f3e8105c0808aa5f4ce9affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.22affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.22unaffected
  • 6.6.140 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.86 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.27 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.4 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

References