Bug 2461447 (CVE-2026-31639) - CVE-2026-31639 kernel: rxrpc: Fix key reference count leak from call->key
Summary: CVE-2026-31639 kernel: rxrpc: Fix key reference count leak from call->key
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-31639
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-04-24 15:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-27 11:33 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-24 15:02:00 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rxrpc: Fix key reference count leak from call->key

When creating a client call in rxrpc_alloc_client_call(), the code obtains
a reference to the key.  This is never cleaned up and gets leaked when the
call is destroyed.

Fix this by freeing call->key in rxrpc_destroy_call().

Before the patch, it shows the key reference counter elevated:

$ cat /proc/keys | grep afs@54321
1bffe9cd I--Q--i 8053480 4169w 3b010000  1000  1000 rxrpc     afs@54321: ka
$

After the patch, the invalidated key is removed when the code exits:

$ cat /proc/keys | grep afs@54321
$


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