UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-89607
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() s
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/14cb36a500a5a3afbc955dbf69dabc565f1a3b26
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5babe9c177c364521e3e682b949c5a8c47f4a441
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a419c9ebfc9a40ee56aaad6dc68bfd67d400817b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccd13eff0e7356d2aa28b127b577e4e5ad4563f5
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-09-11 via NVD.
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