Answer in brief
CVE-2026-89551 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in SUNRPC: xdr_buf_trim: clamp buf->len to avoid underflow. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 9.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=4c190e2f913f038c9c91ee63b59cd037260ba353 <e6267cccd7b05cc514e57f2160aa8db85f5c2701 || >=4c190e2f913f038c9c91ee63b59cd037260ba353 <ad0cce80d4af2f74674e8b635d97aa3880e83da8 || >=4c190e2f913f038c9c91ee63b59cd037260ba353 <85e9602650e9df07190abe817cee3b4d9bc3df17 || >=4c190e2f913f038c9c91ee63b59cd037260ba353 <3f491306dcb673ff5e78e1044ba450c58978774e | e6267cccd7b05cc514e57f2160aa8db85f5c2701, ad0cce80d4af2f74674e8b635d97aa3880e83da8, 85e9602650e9df07190abe817cee3b4d9bc3df17, 3f491306dcb673ff5e78e1044ba450c58978774e |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 3.9 | Not reported |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=4c190e2f913f038c9c91ee63b59cd037260ba353 <a3d77bcd974b8625d16bddf448cb3a1b5e37049c || >=4c190e2f913f038c9c91ee63b59cd037260ba353 <fa16bbe987b47e771e52eeb1b4540f18d92496ac || >=4c190e2f913f038c9c91ee63b59cd037260ba353 <a924ac4c78afab71bf82641afa3b62e0c4a8b55e || >=4c190e2f913f038c9c91ee63b59cd037260ba353 <4bf59cb0ea5b0ddfbc46a1dc2fa78fc8b9986ce4 || >=4c190e2f913f038c9c91ee63b59cd037260ba353 <e6267cccd7b05cc514e57f2160aa8db85f5c2701 || >=4c190e2f913f038c9c91ee63b59cd037260ba353 <ad0cce80d4af2f74674e8b635d97aa3880e83da8 || >=4c190e2f913f038c9c91ee63b59cd037260ba353 <85e9602650e9df07190abe817cee3b4d9bc3df17 || >=4c190e2f913f038c9c91ee63b59cd037260ba353 <3f491306dcb673ff5e78e1044ba450c58978774e | a3d77bcd974b8625d16bddf448cb3a1b5e37049c, fa16bbe987b47e771e52eeb1b4540f18d92496ac, a924ac4c78afab71bf82641afa3b62e0c4a8b55e, 4bf59cb0ea5b0ddfbc46a1dc2fa78fc8b9986ce4, e6267cccd7b05cc514e57f2160aa8db85f5c2701, ad0cce80d4af2f74674e8b635d97aa3880e83da8, 85e9602650e9df07190abe817cee3b4d9bc3df17, 3f491306dcb673ff5e78e1044ba450c58978774e |
Published upstream
Sep 11, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 19, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 11, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: xdr_buf_trim: clamp buf->len to avoid underflow xdr_buf_trim() trims `len` bytes from the tail of an xdr_buf by walking the tail, pages, and head iovecs. Each per-section step uses min_t() so it never removes more bytes than that section holds, but the final accounting at the fix_len label subtracts the total bytes actually consumed from buf->len without any clamp: fix_len: buf->len -= (len - trim); When the caller has set buf->len to a value smaller than the sum of the iov_lens, (len - trim) can exceed buf->len and the unsigned subtraction wraps to near UINT_MAX. gss_krb5_unwrap_v2() reaches xdr_buf_trim() in exactly that state: buf->head[0].iov_len -= GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN + headskip; buf->len = len - (GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN + headskip); xdr_buf_trim(buf, ec + GSS_KRB5_TOK_HDR_LEN + tailskip); buf->len is a small wire-derived value while the iov_lens are at page scale, so the per-section loops legitimately consume far more bytes than buf->len records. The wrapped buf->len then propagates as the authoritative stream bound into every downstream XDR decoder. Fix by clamping the decrement so buf->len bottoms out at zero: buf->len -= min_t(unsigned int, buf->len, len - trim); On the normal path where the iov_lens sum to buf->len, (len - trim) is always <= buf->len and the result is identical to before. No callers change behavior outside the underflow case.
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