ecryptfs: reject oversized encrypted_key_size in parse_tag_3_packet (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ecryptfs: reject oversized encrypted_key_size in parse_tag_3_packet parse_tag_3_packet() set encrypted_key_size from the Tag 3 packet body without bounding it against ECRYPTFS_MAX_KEY_BYTES (64). When encrypted_key_size > 64, decrypt_passphrase_encrypted_session_key() sets decrypted_key_size = encrypted_key_size and performs two out-of-bounds writes: 1. crypto_skcipher_decrypt() writes encrypted_key_size bytes into decrypted_key[64] via scatterlist, overflowing into the parent ecryptfs_auth_tok struct. 2. memcpy(crypt_stat->key, decrypted_key, decrypted_key_size) writes into crypt_stat->key[64], corrupting root_iv, keysig_list, and mutexes in ecryptfs_crypt_stat. Only AES-192 (cipher code 0x08) enables this because it sets crypt_stat->key_size = 24 independently of encrypted_key_size, allowing crypto_skcipher_setkey() to succeed while encrypted_key_size exceeds ECRYPTFS_MAX_KEY_BYTES. The PKI decryption path (parse_tag_65_packet) already validates decrypted_key_size <= ECRYPTFS_MAX_KEY_BYTES; the passphrase path omits this check. Bound encrypted_key_size against ECRYPTFS_MAX_KEY_BYTES (64) rather than ECRYPTFS_MAX_ENCRYPTED_KEY_BYTES (512). The 64-byte limit also protects the 512-byte encrypted_key[] buffer, so the former 512-byte check is removed as redundant. [tyhicks: Adjust the code comment to refer to macros representing the buffer sizes rather than mentioning the buffer size values since they may change in the future]
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cd21340163494d312836c77c9fbfe2530b3d075
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2152d491ae62d96a32ed59778680a242af1fbc6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2802414081184f79a619ede178aeef3aa989793
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33e050cac841498b5175f0f385eee903fd98863c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccd13eff0e7356d2aa28b127b577e4e5ad4563f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14cb36a500a5a3afbc955dbf69dabc565f1a3b26
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a419c9ebfc9a40ee56aaad6dc68bfd67d400817b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5babe9c177c364521e3e682b949c5a8c47f4a441
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-76519
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-89607
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · 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
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 < 2cd21340163494d312836c77c9fbfe2530b3d075 ; affected 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 < e2152d491ae62d96a32ed59778680a242af1fbc6 ; affected 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 < d2802414081184f79a619ede178aeef3aa989793 ; affected 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 < 33e050cac841498b5175f0f385eee903fd98863c ; affected 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 < ccd13eff0e7356d2aa28b127b577e4e5ad4563f5 ; affected 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 < 14cb36a500a5a3afbc955dbf69dabc565f1a3b26 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 2.6.19 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.19 ; unaffected 5.10.270 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.221 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.188 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.157 ≤ 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 |