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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-31515

| EUVD-2026-24899 MEDIUM
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
2026-04-22 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 GHSA-9285-5jpf-mwr6
5.5
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

7
Analysis Generated
Apr 28, 2026 - 16:22 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Apr 28, 2026 - 16:22 NVD
5.5 (MEDIUM)
Patch released
Apr 28, 2026 - 16:20 nvd
Patch available
Patch available
Apr 22, 2026 - 16:33 EUVD
EUVD ID Assigned
Apr 22, 2026 - 14:22 euvd
EUVD-2026-24899
Analysis Generated
Apr 22, 2026 - 14:22 vuln.today
CVE Published
Apr 22, 2026 - 14:16 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionNVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

af_key: validate families in pfkey_send_migrate()

syzbot was able to trigger a crash in skb_put() [1]

Issue is that pfkey_send_migrate() does not check old/new families, and that set_ipsecrequest() @family argument was truncated, thus possibly overfilling the skb.

Validate families early, do not wait set_ipsecrequest().

[1]

skbuff: skb_over_panic: text:ffffffff8a752120 len:392 put:16 head:ffff88802a4ad040 data:ffff88802a4ad040 tail:0x188 end:0x180 dev:<NULL> kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:214 ! Call Trace: <TASK> skb_over_panic net/core/skbuff.c:219 [inline] skb_put+0x159/0x210 net/core/skbuff.c:2655 skb_put_zero include/linux/skbuff.h:2788 [inline] set_ipsecrequest net/key/af_key.c:3532 [inline] pfkey_send_migrate+0x1270/0x2e50 net/key/af_key.c:3636 km_migrate+0x155/0x260 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:2848 xfrm_migrate+0x2140/0x2450 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:4705 xfrm_do_migrate+0x8ff/0xaa0 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c:3150

AnalysisAI

Denial of service in Linux kernel af_key module allows local authenticated attackers to crash the system via buffer overflow in pfkey_send_migrate() function. The vulnerability occurs because pfkey_send_migrate() fails to validate address family parameters before passing them to set_ipsecrequest(), causing truncation that overfills the socket buffer and triggers kernel panic in skb_put(). …

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