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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-31639"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-04-24T14:44:52.769Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T22:12:42.283Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31639"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-31639.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31639"
title: "rxrpc: Fix key reference count leak from call-\u003ekey"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrxrpc: Fix key reference count leak from call-\u003ekey\n\nWhen creating a client call in rxrpc_alloc_client_call(), the code obtains\na reference to the key.  This is never cleaned up and gets leaked when the\ncall is destroyed.\n\nFix this by freeing call-\u003ekey in rxrpc_destroy_call().\n\nBefore the patch, it shows the key reference counter elevated:\n\n$ cat /proc/keys | grep afs@54321\n1bffe9cd I--Q--i 8053480 4169w 3b010000  1000  1000 rxrpc     afs@54321: ka\n$\n\nAfter the patch, the invalidated key is removed when the code exits:\n\n$ cat /proc/keys | grep afs@54321\n$"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f1a7a3ab0f35f83cf11bba906b9e948cf3788c28"},{"version":"f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e6b7943c5dc875647499da09bf4d50a8557ab0c3"},{"version":"f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2e6ef713b1598f6acd7f302fa6b12b6731c89914"},{"version":"f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"978108902ee4ef2b348ff7ec36ad014dc5bc6dc6"},{"version":"f3441d4125fc98995858550a5521b8d7daf0504a","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d666540d217e8d420544ebdfbadeedd623562733"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.2"},{"version":"6.6.135","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.82","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.23","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"6.19.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.19.*"},{"version":"7.0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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