Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-31719crypto: krb5enc - fix async decrypt skipping hash verification

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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, and add missing EBUSY checks in krb5enc_encrypt_ahash_done for the dispatch_encrypt return value. Unset MAY_BACKLOG on the async completion path so the user won't see back-to-back EINPROGRESS notifications.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux7.0.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:25.10linuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-27.27UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:25.10linux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure7.0.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde7.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia7.0.0-1013.13UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspi7.0.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtime7.0.0-27.27.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-27.27.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-31719

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux d1775a177f7f38156d541c8a3e3c91eaa6e69699 – before 07cbb1bd424370671814a862913c99a6e1441588d1775a177f7f38156d541c8a3e3c91eaa6e69699 – before e51f42114abbdf47f29dda43e7826be28907fcd2d1775a177f7f38156d541c8a3e3c91eaa6e69699 – before 3bfbf5f0a99c991769ec562721285df7ab69240b
Linux Linux 6.15

Weakness: CWE-354 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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