Medium5.5Vendor: LowRed Hat & Ubuntu Linux
af_alg - limit RX SG extraction by receive buffer budget
CVE-2026-31677 Published Apr 25, 2026
CVE-2026-31677
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified
Summary
af_alg - limit RX SG extraction by receive buffer budget. Red Hat rates this low (CVSS 5.5). Weakness: CWE-770. Affected package(s): kernel. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:19074 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).
Affected versions
- kernel-0:6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2
- kernel-0:5.14.0-687.5.3.el9_8
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Fixed versions
- RHSA-2026:19074
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
Mitigation checklist
Recommended fix / mitigation
- Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:19074 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 hours ago·verify at source
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