CVE-2026-64208

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto/krb5, rxrpc: Fix lack of pre-decrypt/pre-verify length checks Change the krb5 crypto library to provide facilities to precheck the length of the message about to be decrypted or verified. Fix AF_RXRPC to make use of this to validate DATA packets secured with RxGK.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b50aceafe6606ea52ed42aadd1b4d44a188aade	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585f9f6aef5c4542ac9d6ec45cd7dbc7df9af3ff	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9217017f4bce53dddb8d547837f1f707045d64ad	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2026-07-24 16:16

Updated : 2026-08-12 00:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-64208

Mitre link : CVE-2026-64208

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-64208

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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