CVE-2026-31719
crypto: krb5enc - fix async decrypt skipping hash verification
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- May 1, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 9, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: krb5enc - fix async decrypt skipping hash verification
krb5enc_dispatch_decrypt() sets req->base.complete as the skcipher callback, which is the caller's own completion handler. When the skcipher completes asynchronously, this signals "done" to the caller without executing krb5enc_dispatch_decrypt_hash(), completely bypassing the integrity verification (hash check).
Compare with the encrypt path which correctly uses krb5enc_encrypt_done as an intermediate callback to chain into the hash computation on async completion.
Fix by adding krb5enc_decrypt_done as an intermediate callback that chains into krb5enc_dispatch_decrypt_hash() upon async skcipher completion, matching the encrypt path's callback pattern.
Also fix EBUSY/EINPROGRESS handling throughout: remove krb5enc_request_complete() which incorrectly swallowed EINPROGRESS notifications that must be passed up to callers waiting on backlogged requests, and add missing EBUSY checks in krb5enc_encrypt_ahash_done for the dispatch_encrypt return value.
Unset MAY_BACKLOG on the async completion path so the user won't see back-to-back EINPROGRESS notifications.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | Linux |
Weaknesses
- CWE-354 Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
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