🛡️ CVE-2026-31693 on Debian — linux

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

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CVSS Score

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: some missing initializations on replay In several places in the code, we have a label to signify the start of the code where a request can be replayed if necessary. However, some of these places were missing the necessary reinitializations of certain local variables before replay. This change makes sure that these variables get initialized after the label.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-31693 as tracked by Debian, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 6.19.6-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31693 is recorded against 1 package.

linux (fixed in 6.19.6-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 30 April 2026 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2026-31693 on other distributions

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BellSoft Base record Ubuntu 22.04 (Root.io)Ubuntu 24.04 (Root.io)Ubuntu

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2026-04-30

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-08-04

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
linux	—	6.19.6-1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-31693

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