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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.1 High

CVE-2026-89608

ecryptfs: pass packet set buffer size to parser

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ecryptfs: pass packet set buffer size to parser ecryptfs_parse_packet_set() receives a pointer into the file header, but it calculates the remaining packet buffer size from PAGE_SIZE - 8. For version 1 headers the packet set starts later in the header, so this can overstate the available buffer. Pass the actual packet set buffer length from the caller and calculate per-packet limits from the remaining bytes in that buffer. Recompute the remaining length after consuming a tag 3 packet before parsing the following tag 11 packet.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 to < e7573b0e3058c6bbdfe81673f22c09900fde9e65affected
  • 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 to < 66a87559ecb26afe80ad512faf728a158e2b81daaffected
  • 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 to < 3bd9bb3e167a7c14a50423f6ff03ee0fb007199daffected
  • 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 to < 749fa08d8f1b318bd8f4669a14a8a4a8c1bbdaacaffected
  • 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 to < 329de8b9e988b152b938f09224670d97bada0b96affected
  • 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 to < e5d254e654f2311a3c4b9c791d7f216554bcd17aaffected
  • 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 to < 747fd45be396a6aea3420ab657a0ab4e60185b05affected
  • 237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 to < 2602b79c5b3e2f6fce12e38a670f8e3fda4e46a2affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.19affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.19unaffected
  • 5.10.270 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.221 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.188 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.157 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.109 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.50 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.4 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References