CVE-2026-31670

Name	CVE-2026-31670
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: rfkill: prevent unlimited numbers of rfkill events from being created Userspace can create an unlimited number of rfkill events if the system is so configured, while not consuming them from the rfkill file descriptor, causing a potential out of memory situation. Prevent this from bounding the number of pending rfkill events at a "large" number (i.e. 1000) to prevent abuses like this.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4561-1, DLA-4606-1, DSA-6238-1, DSA-6243-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.257-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.170-3	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.174-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.86-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.90-2	fixed
	forky, sid	7.0.10-1	fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)	bullseye (security)	6.1.174-1~deb11u1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	5.10.257-1	DLA-4606-1
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.170-1	DSA-6243-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.85-1	DSA-6238-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.19.13-1
linux-6.1	source	bullseye	6.1.170-1~deb11u1	DLA-4561-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/ea245d78dec594372e27d8c79616baf49e98a4a1 (7.0)