CVE-2026-89551
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: xdr_buf_trim: clamp buf->len to avoid underflow xdr_buf_trim() trims `len` bytes from the tail of an xdr_buf by walking the tail, pages, and head iovecs. Each per-section step uses min_t() so it never removes more bytes than that section holds, but the final accounting at the fix_len label subtracts the total bytes actually consumed from buf->len without any clamp: fix_len: buf->len -= (len - trim); When the caller has set buf->len to a value smaller than the sum of the iov_lens, (len - trim) can exceed buf->len and the unsigned subtraction wraps to near UINT_MAX. gss_krb5_unwrap_v2() reaches xdr_buf_trim() in exactly that state: buf->head[0].iov_len -= GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN + headskip; buf->len = len - (GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN + headskip); xdr_buf_trim(buf, ec + GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN + tailskip); buf->len is a small wire-derived value while the iov_lens are at page scale, so the per-section loops legitimately consume far more bytes than buf->len records. The wrapped buf->len then propagates as the authoritative stream bound into every downstream XDR decoder. Fix by clamping the decrement so buf->len bottoms out at zero: buf->len -= min_t(unsigned int, buf->len, len - trim); On the normal path where the iov_lens sum to buf->len, (len - trim) is always len and the result is identical to before. No callers change behavior outside the underflow case.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.5% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 42% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 9.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Assigned by
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- Last modified
- 2026-09-14
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f491306dcb673ff5e78e1044ba450c58978774e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bf59cb0ea5b0ddfbc46a1dc2fa78fc8b9986ce4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85e9602650e9df07190abe817cee3b4d9bc3df17
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d77bcd974b8625d16bddf448cb3a1b5e37049c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a924ac4c78afab71bf82641afa3b62e0c4a8b55e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad0cce80d4af2f74674e8b635d97aa3880e83da8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6267cccd7b05cc514e57f2160aa8db85f5c2701
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa16bbe987b47e771e52eeb1b4540f18d92496ac