CVE-2026-93207
SUNRPC: Zero rpc_gss_wire_cred at svcauth_gss_decode_credbody() entry
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 17, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
SUNRPC: Zero rpc_gss_wire_cred at svcauth_gss_decode_credbody() entry
svcauth_gss_decode_credbody() writes the caller's rpc_gss_wire_cred field by field and assigns gc_ctx.len only on the success tail. The caller storage is svcdata->clcred, which lives in the per-svc_rqst gss_svc_data and is reused across requests. Early decode failures leave partially decoded state mixed with residue from the prior request.
The trailing body_len tightness check is the sharpest case: xdr_stream_decode_opaque_inline() has already written gc_ctx.data with a borrowed inline pointer into the current request's XDR pages, but gc_ctx.len retains its prior value. Once the request pages are released the pooled clcred carries a dangling pointer paired with a stale length.
Zero the caller's rpc_gss_wire_cred at function entry so that every early-return path leaves a deterministic all-zero cred. On the trailing tightness-check path, gc_ctx.len is now zero instead of stale, which neuters length-driven consumers such as gss_svc_searchbyctx() that would otherwise walk the dangling data pointer.
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/56b29d62017c7dd1718d060dd5b3a2ce61095d0c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e18641708eaa8bc3c1ff338cd844aeadbd52bac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0778464049b0238f2915a40007a4154f86cf351
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fa8a8acae57e6373962741d5b06d13f44aba6a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11539e8fcce0b0af062ae5fecf7b3676c2f7aeed
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