CVE-2026-68148
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
fscrypt: Add missing superblock check in find_or_insert_direct_key()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fscrypt: Add missing superblock check in find_or_insert_direct_key() The legacy 'fscrypt_direct_keys' table caches master keys that are used by v1 encryption policies that have FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_DIRECT_KEY. It's just a global table for all filesystems (since the keys can be provided by the legacy process-subscribed keyrings mechanism, which makes it difficult to reuse super_block::s_master_keys). The entries in it ('struct fscrypt_direct_key') do contain a super_block pointer, though, for passing to fscrypt_destroy_inline_crypt_key() when the last inode that references the key is evicted. However, when finding the fscrypt_direct_key for an inode, we weren't actually comparing the super_block pointer. As a result, inodes with different super_blocks could point to the same fscrypt_direct_key. That could extend the lifetime of a fscrypt_direct_key beyond the super_block it points to, causing a use-after-free later. Fix this by creating distinct fscrypt_direct_key structs for distinct super_block structs. Note that this problem doesn't exist in the v2 policy equivalent ("per-mode keys"), since the data structures there are per super_block.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b16586 | affected | git | 965b5bc8cf5031225e057979ce660fec2bd5fbfc | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b16586 | affected | git | 330249609b70778094a7a36f5b6bcfa6362121d4 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b16586 | affected | git | deff41898a5ae3a47db5fa1896a494aa95efda5d | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b16586 | affected | git | 95376fe9c145be35566991df99c53134943d992f | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b16586 | affected | git | 466f187b501a5ac8e1ea2ccf3ccd5c46108d8830 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b16586 | affected | git | b5fa40226e71c17847b9ff2816c6ca4133d0d994 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.1.183 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.148 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.101 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.42 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.1.6 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.1.* | None listed |
| 7.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |