# CVE-2026-31643: rxrpc: Fix key parsing memleak

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-04-24 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix key parsing memleak In rxrpc_preparse_xdr_yfs_rxgk(), the memory attached to token->rxgk can be leaked in a few error paths after it's allocated. Fix this by freeing it in the "reject_token:" case.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5f76f812d2c0ea6dd651b0586be49e85ecca085
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01f51318feb626deee1d0c8a190198cd7857d599
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b555912b9b21075e8298015f888ffe3ff60b1a97

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