{"id":"CVE-2026-31515","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-31515","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T08:11:14.990Z","title":"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…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naf_key: validate families in pfkey_send_migrate()\n\nsyzbot was able to trigger a crash in skb_put() [1]\n\nIssue is that pfkey_send_migrate() does not check old/new families,\nand that set_ipsecrequest() @family argument was truncated,\nthus possibly overfilling the skb.\n\nValidate families early, do not wait set_ipsecrequest().\n\n[1]\n\nskbuff: skb_over_panic: text:ffffffff8a752120 len:392 put:16 head:ffff88802a4ad040 data:ffff88802a4ad040 tail:0x188 end:0x180 dev:<NULL>\n kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:214 !\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n  skb_over_panic net/core/skbuff.c:219 [inline]\n  skb_put+0x159/0x210 net/core/skbuff.c:2655\n  skb_put_zero include/linux/skbuff.h:2788 [inline]\n  set_ipsecrequest net/key/af_key.c:3532 [inline]\n  pfkey_send_migrate+0x1270/0x2e50 net/key/af_key.c:3636\n  km_migrate+0x155/0x260 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:2848\n  xfrm_migrate+0x2140/0x2450 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:4705\n  xfrm_do_migrate+0x8ff/0xaa0 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c:3150","published":"2026-04-22T14:16:51.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-15T02:19:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00129,"percentile":0.02499,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b18692c59afb8e5c364c8e3ac01e51dd6b52028","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83f644ea92987c100b82d8481ae2230faeed3d34","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ddf8de7e758f6888988467af9ffc8adf589fb16","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c5aa8dd38887714f1aad04236a3620b56a5e4e","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3225e6b9bd51ec177970a628fe4b11237ce87d5","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e06b596fc4eb01936a2e5dccad17c946d660bab8","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb2d16a7d599dc9d4df391b5e660df9949963786","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee836e820a40e2ca4da8af7310bff92d586772d4","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html","source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html","source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html","source":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31515","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}