ext4: don't enable DAX on new encrypted files (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 7 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: don't enable DAX on new encrypted files Currently, when a new encrypted regular file is created, the call to ext4_set_inode_flags(inode, init=true) in __ext4_new_inode() is made before EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT is set. As a result, it can set S_DAX if the filesystem is mounted with "-o dax=always". EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT then actually gets set a bit later in __ext4_new_inode(), when it calls fscrypt_set_context() which calls ext4_set_context(). ext4_set_context() sets EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT and calls ext4_set_inode_flags(inode, init=false) to set S_ENCRYPTED too. This was intended to clear S_DAX as well. However, this was broken by commit 043546e46dc7 ("fs/ext4: Only change S_DAX on inode load"). This causes data written to the file to bypass encryption, also causing xfstests failures such as generic/548 (when "-o dax=always" is used). Fix this by simplifying the flow by making __ext4_new_inode() set EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT earlier. This makes it take effect in ext4_set_inode_flags(inode, init=true), making S_DAX never be set. Similarly, make EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA never be set in the first place on new encrypted inodes. Then it doesn't need to be cleared. As a result of these simplifications, ext4_set_context() no longer needs to change inode flags or state when 'handle != NULL'. Remove that too.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/add98959b220935b243170214c787bc03044a44d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f53b325068bca0b238c3e0d2eb7de9b1f2268cab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5959cad3cfa852ec07bbdaf9c17f4838a94a8e6c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a13f61ba9b2a7a4ff1f140949ccfad23c5313757
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed1cd834da65db127f1c30ff67e78f14825a06c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/458776af0061afec1014cb3cd0061e282e482e83
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3392391b363a63ebb531d45318a729b1c998565b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e27bae352158c007143d5bb50f3af33a177c0a37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da32af420d6d466e247c43ac0b829edeac7ae0ad
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-71241
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-80806
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1163 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978 < add98959b220935b243170214c787bc03044a44d ; affected 043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978 < f53b325068bca0b238c3e0d2eb7de9b1f2268cab ; affected 043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978 < 5959cad3cfa852ec07bbdaf9c17f4838a94a8e6c ; affected 043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978 < a13f61ba9b2a7a4ff1f140949ccfad23c5313757 ; affected 043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978 < ed1cd834da65db127f1c30ff67e78f14825a06c1 ; affected 043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978 < 458776af0061afec1014cb3cd0061e282e482e83 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.8 ; unaffected 0 < 5.8 ; unaffected 5.10.269 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.220 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.187 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.156 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |