--- cve: "CVE-2026-89538" severity: "CRITICAL" cvss: 9.8 epss: "70%" vendor: "Linux" kev: false exploited: false published: "2026-09-11 20:19:36" tags: [cve, security, critical] source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier exported: "2026-09-17T11:59:41+02:00" --- # CVE-2026-89538 > 9.8 CRITICAL ## Beschreibung In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: Reject krb5 v2 wrap tokens with oversized ec field gss_krb5_unwrap_v2() sets buf->len to a logical length, which can be much smaller than head[0].iov_len (the allocated receive-page capacity). It then calls xdr_buf_trim() with a trim length derived from the 16-bit "extra count" (ec) field in the Kerberos v2 token header. The ec field is authenticated by the post-decrypt memcmp() against the encrypted header copy, so a randomly-mutated value is rejected. However, any peer holding a valid GSS context can legitimately encrypt a token whose ec exceeds the plaintext length. Per RFC 4121, such a token is structurally malformed. Although xdr_buf_trim() now clamps the buf->len subtraction to avoid unsigned underflow, the buffer is still left in a semantically invalid state (zero length, inconsistent iov lengths) when ec is oversized. Reject these tokens before calling xdr_buf_trim(), giving callers a well-defined GSS_S_DEFECTIVE_TOKEN error and keeping the xdr_buf internally consistent. The wrapped blob begins at a nonzero offset -- both callers pass len as offset + opaque_len -- so buf->len still counts the offset bytes that precede the blob. Compare the trim length against the remaining wrapped segment, buf->len - offset, rather than the whole buffer; comparing against buf->len alone leaves an offset-wide window in which an oversized ec passes the test and xdr_buf_trim() cuts into the bytes ahead of the blob. ## CVSS-Vektor ``` CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H ``` | Metrik | Wert | Bewertung | |---|---|---| | AV Angriffsvektor | Netzwerk | bad | | AC Komplexität | Gering | bad | | PR Privilegien | Keine | bad | | UI Interaktion | Keine | bad | | S Scope | Unverändert | good | | C Vertraulichkeit | Hoch | bad | | I Integrität | Hoch | bad | | A Verfügbarkeit | Hoch | bad | ## Patch verfügbar (OSV) - Kernel ≥ 5.10.270 - Kernel ≥ 5.15.221 - Kernel ≥ 6.1.188 - Kernel ≥ 6.6.157 - Kernel ≥ 6.12.109 - Kernel ≥ 6.18.50 - Kernel ≥ 7.2.4 ## Referenzen - - - - - - - - --- _Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2026-89538) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_