CVE-2026-31639

rxrpc: Fix key reference count leak from call->key

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Apr 24, 2026
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Mar 9, 2026

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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 $

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a to before f1a7a3ab0f35f83cf11bba906b9e948cf3788c28Affected
  • f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a to before e6b7943c5dc875647499da09bf4d50a8557ab0c3Affected
  • f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a to before 2e6ef713b1598f6acd7f302fa6b12b6731c89914Affected
  • f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a to before 978108902ee4ef2b348ff7ec36ad014dc5bc6dc6Affected
  • f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a to before d666540d217e8d420544ebdfbadeedd623562733Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.2Affected
  • before 6.2Not affected
  • 6.6.135 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.82 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.23 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 6.19.13 through 6.19.*Not affected
  • 7.0 and laterNot affected

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