CVE-2026-31719crypto: krb5enc - fix async decrypt skipping hash verification
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from d1775a177f7f38156d541c8a3e3c91eaa6e69699 before 07cbb1bd424370671814a862913c99a6e1441588; from d1775a177f7f38156d541c8a3e3c91eaa6e69699 before e51f42114abbdf47f29dda43e7826be28907fcd2; from d1775a177f7f38156d541c8a3e3c91eaa6e69699 before 3bfbf5f0a99c991769ec562721285df7ab69240b | CNA record |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 6.15 before 6.18.25; from 6.19 before 7.0.2; 7.1 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07cbb1bd424370671814a862913c99a6e1441588patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e51f42114abbdf47f29dda43e7826be28907fcd2patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bfbf5f0a99c991769ec562721285df7ab69240bpatch
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