CVE-2026-31719CWE-354

CVE-2026-31719

High · published May 1, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

crypto: krb5enc - fix async decrypt skipping hash verification

krb5enc_dispatch_decrypt() sets req->base.complete as the skcipher

callback, which is the caller's own completion handler. When the

skcipher completes asynchronously, this signals "done" to the caller

without executing krb5enc_dispatch_decrypt_hash(), completely bypassing

the integrity verification (hash check).

Compare with the encrypt path which correctly uses

krb5enc_encrypt_done as an intermediate callback to chain into the

hash computation on async completion.

Fix by adding krb5enc_decrypt_done as an intermediate callback that

chains into krb5enc_dispatch_decrypt_hash() upon async skcipher

completion, matching the encrypt path's callback pattern.

Also fix EBUSY/EINPROGRESS handling throughout: remove

krb5enc_request_complete() which incorrectly swallowed EINPROGRESS

notifications that must be passed up to callers waiting on backlogged

requests, and add missing EBUSY checks in krb5enc_encrypt_ahash_done

for the dispatch_encrypt return value.

Unset MAY_BACKLOG on the async completion path so the user won't

see back-to-back EINPROGRESS notifications.

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:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00257 · 16.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-354 · Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value
Published
2026-05-01T18:16Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.15, < 6.18.256.18.25
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.0.27.0.2
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAY 13:56Z
    crypto: krb5enc - fix async decrypt skipping hash verification
    cvelistv5