---
id: CVE-2026-31515
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  af_key: validate families in pfkey_send_migrate()

  syzbot was able to trigger a crash in skb_put() [1]

  Issue is that pfkey_send_migrate() does not check old/new famili…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  af_key: validate families in pfkey_send_migrate()

  syzbot was able to trigger a crash in skb_put() [1]

  Issue is that pfkey_send_migrate() does not check old/new famili…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-476
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 2.6.21.1, < 5.10.253'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.203'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.168'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.131'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.80'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.21'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 6.19.11'
  - linux_kernel = 2.6.21
  - linux_kernel = 7.0
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.19.11
published: '2026-04-22'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T02:19:09.763'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31515'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b18692c59afb8e5c364c8e3ac01e51dd6b52028'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83f644ea92987c100b82d8481ae2230faeed3d34'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ddf8de7e758f6888988467af9ffc8adf589fb16'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c5aa8dd38887714f1aad04236a3620b56a5e4e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3225e6b9bd51ec177970a628fe4b11237ce87d5'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e06b596fc4eb01936a2e5dccad17c946d660bab8'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb2d16a7d599dc9d4df391b5e660df9949963786'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee836e820a40e2ca4da8af7310bff92d586772d4'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
  - url: 'https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html'
    label: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00129
epssPercentile: 0.02499
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T15:33:26.990Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

af_key: validate families in pfkey_send_migrate()

syzbot was able to trigger a crash in skb_put() [1]

Issue is that pfkey_send_migrate() does not check old/new families,
and that set_ipsecrequest() @family argument was truncated,
thus possibly overfilling the skb.

Validate families early, do not wait set_ipsecrequest().

[1]

skbuff: skb_over_panic: text:ffffffff8a752120 len:392 put:16 head:ffff88802a4ad040 data:ffff88802a4ad040 tail:0x188 end:0x180 dev:<NULL>
 kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:214 !
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
  skb_over_panic net/core/skbuff.c:219 [inline]
  skb_put+0x159/0x210 net/core/skbuff.c:2655
  skb_put_zero include/linux/skbuff.h:2788 [inline]
  set_ipsecrequest net/key/af_key.c:3532 [inline]
  pfkey_send_migrate+0x1270/0x2e50 net/key/af_key.c:3636
  km_migrate+0x155/0x260 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:2848
  xfrm_migrate+0x2140/0x2450 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c:4705
  xfrm_do_migrate+0x8ff/0xaa0 net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c:3150

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 2.6.21.1, < 5.10.253`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.203`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.168`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.131`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.80`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.21`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 6.19.11`
- `linux_kernel = 2.6.21`
- `linux_kernel = 7.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.19.11`