CVE-2026-31643: rxrpc: Fix key parsing memleak

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix key parsing memleak In rxrpc_preparse_xdr_yfs_rxgk(), the memory attached to token->rxgk can be leaked in a few error paths after it's allocated. Fix this by freeing it in the "reject_token:" case.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.16.1 before 6.18.23; from 6.19 before 6.19.13; 6.16, 7.0-rc1, 7.0-rc2, 7.0-rc3, 7.0-rc4, 7.0-rc5 (+2) — fixed in 6.18.23, 6.19.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.18.23, 6.19.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01f51318feb626deee1d0c8a190198cd7857d599
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b555912b9b21075e8298015f888ffe3ff60b1a97
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5f76f812d2c0ea6dd651b0586be49e85ecca085

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