CVE-2026-31719

HIGH

crypto: krb5enc - fix async decrypt skipping hash verification

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 10.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

Status published
Products (10)
Linux/Linux < 6.15
Linux/Linux 6.15
Linux/Linux 6.18.25 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 7.0.2 - 7.0.*
Linux/Linux 7.1-rc1
Linux/Linux d1775a177f7f38156d541c8a3e3c91eaa6e69699 - 07cbb1bd424370671814a862913c99a6e1441588
Linux/Linux d1775a177f7f38156d541c8a3e3c91eaa6e69699 - 3bfbf5f0a99c991769ec562721285df7ab69240b
Linux/Linux d1775a177f7f38156d541c8a3e3c91eaa6e69699 - e51f42114abbdf47f29dda43e7826be28907fcd2
linux/linux_kernel 7.1 rc1
linux/linux_kernel 6.15 - 6.18.25
Published May 01, 2026
Tracked Since May 01, 2026