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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-80806" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-09-04T15:13:20.282Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T08:43:59.390Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-80806" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-80806.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80806" title: "ext4: don't enable DAX on new encrypted files" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: don't enable DAX on new encrypted files\n\nCurrently, when a new encrypted regular file is created, the call to\next4_set_inode_flags(inode, init=true) in __ext4_new_inode() is made\nbefore EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT is set. As a result, it can set S_DAX if the\nfilesystem is mounted with \"-o dax=always\".\n\nEXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT then actually gets set a bit later in\n__ext4_new_inode(), when it calls fscrypt_set_context() which calls\next4_set_context(). ext4_set_context() sets EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT and\ncalls ext4_set_inode_flags(inode, init=false) to set S_ENCRYPTED too.\n\nThis was intended to clear S_DAX as well. However, this was broken by\ncommit 043546e46dc7 (\"fs/ext4: Only change S_DAX on inode load\"). This\ncauses data written to the file to bypass encryption, also causing\nxfstests failures such as generic/548 (when \"-o dax=always\" is used).\n\nFix this by simplifying the flow by making __ext4_new_inode() set\nEXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT earlier. This makes it take effect in\next4_set_inode_flags(inode, init=true), making S_DAX never be set.\n\nSimilarly, make EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA never be set in the first\nplace on new encrypted inodes. Then it doesn't need to be cleared.\n\nAs a result of these simplifications, ext4_set_context() no longer needs\nto change inode flags or state when 'handle != NULL'. Remove that too." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"add98959b220935b243170214c787bc03044a44d"},{"version":"043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f53b325068bca0b238c3e0d2eb7de9b1f2268cab"},{"version":"043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5959cad3cfa852ec07bbdaf9c17f4838a94a8e6c"},{"version":"043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a13f61ba9b2a7a4ff1f140949ccfad23c5313757"},{"version":"043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ed1cd834da65db127f1c30ff67e78f14825a06c1"},{"version":"043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"458776af0061afec1014cb3cd0061e282e482e83"},{"version":"043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3392391b363a63ebb531d45318a729b1c998565b"},{"version":"043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e27bae352158c007143d5bb50f3af33a177c0a37"},{"version":"043546e46dc70c25ff7e2cf6d09cbb0424fc9978","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"da32af420d6d466e247c43ac0b829edeac7ae0ad"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.8"},{"version":"5.10.269","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.220","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.187","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.156","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.108","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.47","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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