CVE-2026-31631 (GCVE-0-2026-31631)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-24 14:44
Modified
2026-10-19 18:56
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Fix buffer overread in rxgk_do_verify_authenticator()
Fix rxgk_do_verify_authenticator() to check the buffer size before checking
the nonce.
References
Impacted products
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