CVE-2026-31638

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.

• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2.1 < 6.6.135) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.82) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.23) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 6.19.13) • linux linux kernel 6.2 • linux linux kernel 7.0