CVE-2026-31640

rxrpc: Fix use of wrong skb when comparing queued RESP challenge serial

High · published April 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

rxrpc: Fix use of wrong skb when comparing queued RESP challenge serial

In rxrpc_post_response(), the code should be comparing the challenge serial

number from the cached response before deciding to switch to a newer

response, but looks at the newer packet private data instead, rendering the

comparison always false.

Fix this by switching to look at the older packet.

Fix further[1] to substitute the new packet in place of the old one if

newer and also to release whichever we don't use.

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
0.00609 · 48.5th percentile
Published
2026-04-24T14:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 APR 14:44Z
    rxrpc: Fix use of wrong skb when comparing queued RESP challenge serial
    cvelistv5