CVE-2026-31638CWE-476

CVE-2026-31638

High · published April 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
49.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rxrpc: Only put the call ref if one was acquired

rxrpc_input_packet_on_conn() can process a to-client packet after the

current client call on the channel has already been torn down. In that

case chan->call is NULL, rxrpc_try_get_call() returns NULL and there is

no reference to drop.

The client-side implicit-end error path does not account for that and

unconditionally calls rxrpc_put_call(). This turns a protocol error

path into a kernel crash instead of rejecting the packet.

Only drop the call reference if one was actually acquired. Keep the

existing protocol error handling unchanged.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00630 · 49.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-04-24T19:16Z
Affected products (12)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2.1, < 6.6.1356.6.135
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.826.12.82
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.236.18.23
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.136.19.13
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References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 APR 14:44Z
    rxrpc: Only put the call ref if one was acquired
    cvelistv5