Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-45870

SUNRPC: auth_gss: fix memory leaks in XDR decoding error paths

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: auth_gss: fix memory leaks in XDR decoding error paths The gssx_dec_ctx(), gssx_dec_status(), and gssx_dec_name() functions allocate memory via gssx_dec_buffer(), which calls kmemdup(). When a subsequent decode operation fails, these functions return immediately without freeing previously allocated buffers, causing memory leaks. The leak in gssx_dec_ctx() is particularly relevant because the caller (gssp_accept_sec_context_upcall) initializes several buffer length fields to non-zero values, resulting in memory allocation: struct gssx_ctx rctxh = { .exported_context_token.len = GSSX_max_output_handle_sz, .mech.len = GSS_OID_MAX_LEN, .src_name.display_name.len = GSSX_max_princ_sz, .targ_name.display_name.len = GSSX_max_princ_sz }; If, for example, gssx_dec_name() succeeds for src_name but fails for targ_name, the memory allocated for exported_context_token, mech, and src_name.display_name remains unreferenced and cannot be reclaimed. Add error handling with goto-based cleanup to free any previously allocated buffers before returning an error.

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2026-05-27Source updated 2026-11-06
Collected2026-11-062 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Linux
Linux
≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735; < c81431b1b9fbd21e9a5a9211b5517b7295d18e6a (affected, git)
≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735; < caf7eff432e91a9eba1c79fa545c2f54be15d62b (affected, git)
≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735; < 64303b92d94c0c7845a273acd8d84b796d6f1db7 (affected, git)
≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735; < df10f23defff22c8d55fe6db74f6e4ce927145bf (affected, git)
≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735; < b4af3806846778799cd4ab0766dc18341e777264 (affected, git)
≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735; < d79b9097a6a2b91471b40755f1225364be5d85ff (affected, git)
≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735; < 3b56eb90feb8a3709417f5624f3871847d42bcb1 (affected, git)
≥ 1d658336b05f8697d6445834f8867f8ad5e4f735; < 3e6397b056335cc56ef0e9da36c95946a19f5118 (affected, git)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: Linux
Linux
Linux
3.10 (affected)
≥ 0; < 3.10 (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.10.252; ≤ 5.10.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.15.202; ≤ 5.15.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.1.165; ≤ 6.1.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.6.128; ≤ 6.6.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.12.75; ≤ 6.12.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.18.14; ≤ 6.18.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.19.4; ≤ 6.19.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 7.0; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix)
Other versions: affected
CNA: Linux

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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