{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-04-22T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: esp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto",
    "id" : "2460653",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460653"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "draft"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-772",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nesp: fix skb leak with espintcp and async crypto\nWhen the TX queue for espintcp is full, esp_output_tail_tcp will\nreturn an error and not free the skb, because with synchronous crypto,\nthe common xfrm output code will drop the packet for us.\nWith async crypto (esp_output_done), we need to drop the skb when\nesp_output_tail_tcp returns an error.", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. When the espintcp component processes network traffic using asynchronous cryptography, a memory leak can occur. This happens because a socket buffer (skb) is not correctly released if the transmit queue becomes full. This continuous leak of memory can lead to resource exhaustion, potentially allowing a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) on the system." ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31518\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31518\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026042211-CVE-2026-31518-ba84@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-31518",
  "csaw" : false
}