CVE-2026-89538

CVE-2026-89538 affects the Linux kernel's SUNRPC component, specifically the gss_krb5_unwrap_v2() function. A remote peer holding a valid GSS context can send a Kerberos v2 wrap token whose 16-bit "extra count" (ec) field exceeds the plaintext length—a structurally malformed token per RFC 4121 . ...