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CVE-2026-46085 (GCVE-0-2026-46085)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 12:58 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:29
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Title
rxrpc: Fix rxkad crypto unalignment handling
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix rxkad crypto unalignment handling Fix handling of a packet with a misaligned crypto length. Also handle non-ENOMEM errors from decryption by aborting. Further, remove the WARN_ON_ONCE() so that it can't be remotely triggered (a trace line can still be emitted).
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 9853917f9edf08efb0b55c26d9eb8340f126d9e9 , < f1c6bd0cc786a8fa74829ce3c4b3673944a308f4 (git)
Affected: e9c369d58785044427450350ad32d6a2497fb379 , < 440d20d95e844b657a93a0b2dcc2aae155efdce6 (git)
Affected: bf4d6e4a6856eedeb7f66eb91224115bfff4e2cb , < f0d3efd03b2a9e0f1ffa6df8fcb264af3d494286 (git)
Affected: f93af41b9f5f798823d0d0fb8765c2a936d76270 , < af9271eb666d07b6f65612dc160a47f7cb5220ed (git)
Affected: f93af41b9f5f798823d0d0fb8765c2a936d76270 , < def304aae2edf321d2671fd6ca766a93c21f877e (git)
Affected: 5cdf57eda01a1ffaeb61ac39ec4dcc94a690431e (git)
Affected: 6.6.135 , < 6.6.140 (semver)
Affected: 6.12.82 , < 6.12.86 (semver)
Affected: 6.18.23 , < 6.18.27 (semver)
Affected: 6.19.13 , < 6.20 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 7.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 7.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.86 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.27 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.4 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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