# CVE-2026-46010: rxrpc: Fix error handling in rxgk\_extract\_token()

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.17
- Published: 2026-05-27 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.16.9, fixed in 6.17
- Linux: 6.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix error handling in rxgk_extract_token() Fix a missing bit of error handling in rxgk_extract_token(): in the event that rxgk_decrypt_skb() returns -ENOMEM, it should just return that rather than continuing on (for anything else, it generates an abort).

## What to do

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## Related

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

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/293095ef618818852bac5488c1bc223935e2ca17
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c52803e925604e2a17962ab0c99dce2d3f7238db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3476c8bb960f48e49355d6f93fb7673211e0163f

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