Bug 2461555 (CVE-2026-31640) - CVE-2026-31640 kernel: rxrpc: Fix use of wrong skb when comparing queued RESP challenge serial
Summary: CVE-2026-31640 kernel: rxrpc: Fix use of wrong skb when comparing queued RESP...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-31640
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-04-24 15:08 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-24 21:24 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-24 15:08:14 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rxrpc: Fix use of wrong skb when comparing queued RESP challenge serial

In rxrpc_post_response(), the code should be comparing the challenge serial
number from the cached response before deciding to switch to a newer
response, but looks at the newer packet private data instead, rendering the
comparison always false.

Fix this by switching to look at the older packet.

Fix further[1] to substitute the new packet in place of the old one if
newer and also to release whichever we don't use.


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