# CVE-2024-36031: keys: Fix overwrite of key expiration on instantiation

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.217, 5.15.159, 6.1.91, 6.6.31
- Published: 2024-05-30 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.10.206, fixed in 5.10.217; from 5.15.146, fixed in 5.15.159; from 6.1.70, fixed in 6.1.91; from 6.6.9, fixed in 6.6.31
- Linux: 6.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: keys: Fix overwrite of key expiration on instantiation The expiry time of a key is unconditionally overwritten during instantiation, defaulting to turn it permanent. This causes a problem for DNS resolution as the expiration set by user-space is overwritten to TIME64_MAX, disabling further DNS updates. Fix this by restoring the condition that key_set_expiry is only called when the pre-parser sets a specific expiry.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.217, 5.15.159, 6.1.91, 6.6.31) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad2011ea787928b2accb5134f1e423b11fe80a8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed79b93f725cd0da39a265dc23d77add1527b9be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4519a016650e952ad9eb27937f8c447d5a4e06d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25777f3f4e1f371d16a594925f31e37ce07b6ec7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/939a08bcd4334bad4b201e60bd0ae1f278d71d41
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc219cb8afbc40ec100c0de941047bb29373126a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9da27fb65a14c18efd4473e2e82b76b53ba60252

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