On April 22, 2026, the Linux CNA published CVE-2026-31431, a Linux kernel vulnerability in algif_aead, the AEAD side of the kernel's AF_ALG crypto socket interface. Xint named the bug Copy Fail and showed how page-cache bytes for a read-only file can be changed without dirtying the file on disk.
https://juliet.sh/blog/we-tested-copy-fail-in-kubernetes-pss-restricted-runtime-default-af-alg