{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2026-04-24T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: tipc: fix bc_ackers underflow on duplicate GRP_ACK_MSG",
    "id" : "2461491",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461491"
  },
  "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-191",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\ntipc: fix bc_ackers underflow on duplicate GRP_ACK_MSG\nThe GRP_ACK_MSG handler in tipc_group_proto_rcv() currently decrements\nbc_ackers on every inbound group ACK, even when the same member has\nalready acknowledged the current broadcast round.\nBecause bc_ackers is a u16, a duplicate ACK received after the last\nlegitimate ACK wraps the counter to 65535. Once wrapped,\ntipc_group_bc_cong() keeps reporting congestion and later group\nbroadcasts on the affected socket stay blocked until the group is\nrecreated.\nFix this by ignoring duplicate or stale ACKs before touching bc_acked or\nbc_ackers. This makes repeated GRP_ACK_MSG handling idempotent and\nprevents the underflow path.", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Transparent Inter-Process Communication (TIPC) protocol. An attacker can exploit an integer underflow vulnerability by sending duplicate group acknowledgment messages (GRP_ACK_MSG). This causes the `bc_ackers` counter to wrap around, leading to persistent network congestion. Consequently, group broadcasts on the affected socket become blocked, resulting in a denial of service until the group is manually recreated." ],
  "statement" : "Duplicate TIPC group ACKs could decrement `bc_ackers` below zero; upstream guards the path. Red Hat recommends patched kernels on TIPC clusters; unload `tipc` where the protocol is unused.",
  "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" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "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-2026-31662\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31662\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026042404-CVE-2026-31662-3728@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-31662",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "To mitigate this issue, prevent the tipc module from being loaded. See https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for instructions.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}