CVE-2026-31552

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 93% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: April 24, 2026 (20 days ago)
Last Modified: April 24, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's wlcore component. When the system attempts to allocate memory for a network packet and there is insufficient space, an incorrect error code is returned. This error handling issue causes the system to repeatedly attempt to process the same packet in an endless loop, leading to a CPU soft lockup. This can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.

CWE

CWE-835

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 lore.kernel.org