Bug 2532118 (CVE-2026-89550) - CVE-2026-89550 kernel: SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: enforce krb5 token minimum length
Summary: CVE-2026-89550 kernel: SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: enforce krb5 token minimum length
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89550
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-11 20:44 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-18 15:32 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 20:44:54 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

SUNRPC: svcauth_gss: enforce krb5 token minimum length

svcauth_gss_unwrap_priv() validates only an upper bound on the
wire-supplied opaque length before handing the buffer to
gss_unwrap():

    if (len > xdr_stream_remaining(xdr))
            goto unwrap_failed;
    offset = xdr_stream_pos(xdr);
    ...
    maj_stat = gss_unwrap(ctx, offset, offset + len, buf);

The wire value `len` flows unchanged as the upper bound into the
krb5 unwrap path, so a len in [0, 16] passes this check and is
handed to gss_unwrap(). For a krb5 v2 context that lands in
gss_krb5_unwrap_v2(), which reads the 16-byte RFC 4121 token
header fields at ptr+4 and ptr+6 and then calls rotate_left()
before any integrity check. With a sub-header length the header
reads run past the token, and _rotate_left()'s `shift %= buf->len`
path can divide by zero when buf->len has been driven to zero by
the truncated token. A header-only token (len == 16) is equally
invalid: with a non-zero RRC field and the opaque blob ending at
the XDR buffer boundary, rotate_left() builds a zero-length
subbuffer, reaching the same division.

Reject the token at the server entry point before it reaches the
krb5 unwrap core. A valid sealed RFC 4121 token must contain
the 16-byte header plus at least some encrypted payload.

Fix by adding a minimum-length check immediately after the
existing upper-bound check:

    if (len <= GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN)
            goto unwrap_failed;


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