Bug 2532224 (CVE-2026-89541) - CVE-2026-89541 kernel: Linux kernel (SUNRPC): Out-of-bounds read via crafted RPCSEC_GSS reply
Summary: CVE-2026-89541 kernel: Linux kernel (SUNRPC): Out-of-bounds read via crafted ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89541
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-11 21:29 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-11 21:54 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 21:29:55 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

SUNRPC: harden gss_unwrap_resp_priv length checks

gss_unwrap_resp_priv() validates the RPCSEC_GSS opaque length with

    offset = (u8 *)(p) - (u8 *)head->iov_base;
    if (offset + opaque_len > rcv_buf->len)
            goto unwrap_failed;
    maj_stat = gss_unwrap(ctx->gc_gss_ctx, offset,
                          offset + opaque_len, rcv_buf);

Both operands are u32 and the sum is computed in u32. A reply with
opaque_len near 0xffffffff makes offset + opaque_len wrap to a small
value that is below rcv_buf->len, so the bound check passes and
gss_unwrap() is called with end < begin. The check also lacks a
lower bound, so any opaque_len in [0, GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN) is
accepted and forwarded to gss_krb5_unwrap_v2(), whose pre-decrypt
header reads at ptr+4 and ptr+6 then run past the token.

A krb5p NFS server returning a crafted RPCSEC_GSS reply can drive
the client into out-of-bounds reads in gss_krb5_unwrap_v2() and the
rotate_left() loop that follows.

Fix by replacing the single combined check with three guards that
are safe in u32 arithmetic and that enforce the RFC 4121 minimum
outer token length:

    if (offset > rcv_buf->len)
            goto unwrap_failed;
    if (opaque_len > rcv_buf->len - offset)
            goto unwrap_failed;
    if (opaque_len < GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN)
            goto unwrap_failed;

The first guard makes the subtraction in the second guard
unconditionally safe; offset is derived from a successful
xdr_inline_decode() in the head kvec, so in practice it already
satisfies the bound. The floor mirrors the server-side check added
in commit 5b757c2e57a5 ("SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: enforce krb5 token
minimum length").


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