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CVE-2026-31719

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel's krb5enc function that allows bypassing integrity verification during asynchronous decryption. The issue is that upon completion of the skcipher operation, it signals 'done' without performing hash verification.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to attacks that exploit this vulnerability to bypass data integrity verification, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to patch this vulnerability and ensure that all decryption operations are properly verified for integrity.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: krb5enc - fix async decrypt skipping hash verification krb5enc_dispatch_decrypt() sets req->base.complete as the skcipher callback, which is the caller's own completion handler. When the skcipher completes asynchronously, this signals "done" to the caller without executing krb5enc_dispatch_decrypt_hash(), completely bypassing the integrity verification (hash check). Compare with the encrypt path which correctly uses krb5enc_encrypt_done as an intermediate callback to chain into the hash computation on async completion. Fix by adding krb5enc_decrypt_done as an intermediate callback that chains into krb5enc_dispatch_decrypt_hash() upon async skcipher completion, matching the encrypt path's callback pattern. Also fix EBUSY/EINPROGRESS handling throughout: remove krb5enc_request_complete() which incorrectly swallowed EINPROGRESS notifications that must be passed up to callers waiting on backlogged requests, an

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