CVE-2026-31518

MEDIUM

esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto When the TX queue for espintcp is full, esp_output_tail_tcp will return an error and not free the skb, because with synchronous crypto, the common xfrm output code will drop the packet for us. With async crypto (esp_output_done), we need to drop the skb when esp_output_tail_tcp returns an error.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 2.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.203linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.168linux
linux/Kernel 5.6.0 - 5.10.253linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.21linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.11linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.131linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.80linux
Linux/Linux < 5.6
Linux/Linux 5.10.253 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.203 - 5.15.*
... and 17 more
Published Apr 22, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 22, 2026