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medium 5.5

CVE-2026-31503 json

udp: Fix wildcard bind conflict check when using hash2

published 2026-04-22 6 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2026-24880

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 2%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

udp: Fix wildcard bind conflict check when using hash2

When binding a udp_sock to a local address and port, UDP uses two hashes (udptable->hash and udptable->hash2) for collision detection. The current code switches to "hash2" when hslot->count > 10.

"hash2" is keyed by local address and local port. "hash" is keyed by local port only.

The issue can be shown in the following bind sequence (pseudo code):

bind(fd1, "[fd00::1]:8888") bind(fd2, "[fd00::2]:8888") bind(fd3, "[fd00::3]:8888") bind(fd4, "[fd00::4]:8888") bind(fd5, "[fd00::5]:8888") bind(fd6, "[fd00::6]:8888") bind(fd7, "[fd00::7]:8888") bind(fd8, "[fd00::8]:8888") bind(fd9, "[fd00::9]:8888") bind(fd10, "[fd00::10]:8888")

/* Correctly return -EADDRINUSE because "hash" is used * instead of "hash2". udp_lib_lport_inuse() detects the * conflict. */ bind(fail_fd, "[::]:8888")

/* After one more socket is bound to "[fd00::11]:8888", * hslot->count exceeds 10 and "hash2" is used instead. */ bind(fd11, "[fd00::11]:8888") bind(fail_fd, "[::]:8888") /* succeeds unexpectedly */

The same issue applies to the IPv4 wildcard address "0.0.0.0" and the IPv4-mapped wildcard address "::ffff:0.0.0.0". For example, if there are existing sockets bound to "192.168.1.[1-11]:8888", then binding "0.0.0.0:8888" or "[::ffff:0.0.0.0]:8888" can also miss the conflict when hslot->count > 10.

TCP inet_csk_get_port() already has the correct check in inet_use_bhash2_on_bind(). Rename it to inet_use_hash2_on_bind() and move it to inet_hashtables.h so udp.c can reuse it in this fix.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.1.168, 6.6.131, 6.12.80, 6.18.21, 6.19.11, 7.0
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.170-1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.85-1
  • linux Debian 14 6.19.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31503

  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-136.136
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1061.64
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1064.72
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1059.67
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1061.62
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1063.71
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1046.50
  • linux-raspi Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1061.65

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31503

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2
  • rv RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2
  • perf RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2
  • rtla RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2
  • libperf RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2
  • kernel-rt RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2
  • kernel-64k RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2
  • kernel-core RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:64775

  • kernel-source Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-50.2
  • kernel-default Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-50.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-50.1
  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-50.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-50.2
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:22810-1SUSE-SU-2026:22809-1SUSE-SU-2026:22904-1SUSE-SU-2026:22903-1SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1SUSE-SU-2026:3130-1

  • kernel Rocky Linux 10 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:64775

  • kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.134.1-2

azure linux advisories AZL-83351

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-31503 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: udp: Fix wildcard bind conflict check when using hash2

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) rv 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, perf 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, rtla 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, python3-perf 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-64k 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-core 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-tools 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-modules 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, +28 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) libperf 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, +14 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 6.12.0-211.52.1.el10_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:64775

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-26-295-11 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFP

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.7 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.7 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.7 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.7 Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0) >= 3.1.7
    affected: mitigation, no fix available

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-26-209-04 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518(F)-4 PN/DP MFP

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.6 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.6 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.6 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.6 Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0) >= 3.1.6
    affected: mitigation, no fix available

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Classification

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