CVE-2026-89550
SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: enforce krb5 token minimum length
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Sep 11, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: enforce krb5 token minimum length
svcauth_gss_unwrap_priv() validates only an upper bound on the wire-supplied opaque length before handing the buffer to gss_unwrap():
if (len > xdr_stream_remaining(xdr)) goto unwrap_failed; offset = xdr_stream_pos(xdr); ... maj_stat = gss_unwrap(ctx, offset, offset + len, buf);
The wire value `len` flows unchanged as the upper bound into the krb5 unwrap path, so a len in [0, 16] passes this check and is handed to gss_unwrap(). For a krb5 v2 context that lands in gss_krb5_unwrap_v2(), which reads the 16-byte RFC 4121 token header fields at ptr+4 and ptr+6 and then calls rotate_left() before any integrity check. With a sub-header length the header reads run past the token, and _rotate_left()'s `shift %= buf->len` path can divide by zero when buf->len has been driven to zero by the truncated token. A header-only token (len == 16) is equally invalid: with a non-zero RRC field and the opaque blob ending at the XDR buffer boundary, rotate_left() builds a zero-length subbuffer, reaching the same division.
Reject the token at the server entry point before it reaches the krb5 unwrap core. A valid sealed RFC 4121 token must contain the 16-byte header plus at least some encrypted payload.
Fix by adding a minimum-length check immediately after the existing upper-bound check:
if (len <= GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN) goto unwrap_failed;
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2188232509f1559cb8fcb0c9a4b1e04317fa0f15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ea5b0c7f212c2772d32c2b88287b89a9cdf6edd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd6afc6cab8c5d387d1ed2f069562ef7bdadd651
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de942dd8c2c8358bcad04ce44271954c48924423
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eed1e6a976a44015c3ee78841fe336796e2b21c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a919c5c88769cf8fb3ec071e6078d830bf512489
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