CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-31639

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2026-04-24 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-04-24
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix key reference count leak from call->key When creating a client call in rxrpc_alloc_client_call(), the code obtains a reference to the key. This is never cleaned up and gets leaked when the call is destroyed. Fix this by freeing call->key in rxrpc_destroy_call(). Before the patch, it shows the key reference counter elevated: $ cat /proc/keys | grep afs@54321 1bffe9cd I--Q--i 8053480 4169w 3b010000 1000 1000 rxrpc afs@54321: ka $ After the patch, the invalidated key is removed when the code exits: $ cat /proc/keys | grep afs@54321 $

Affected configurations

• 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

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