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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-89609

ecryptfs: hold msg ctx list lock when cleaning daemon queue

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ecryptfs: hold msg ctx list lock when cleaning daemon queue ecryptfs_exorcise_daemon() drops queued messages from a dying daemon without holding ecryptfs_msg_ctx_lists_mux, but ecryptfs_msg_ctx_alloc_to_free() requires that lock. Take the list lock while moving the queued contexts back to the free list to avoid racing with other global msg ctx list users.

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

  • f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 to < 64d8998e36cfd2bb7114f3af0aa51c5a559a39b3affected
  • f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 to < 4d50b8aea11ad9594c8704a4c647e11311ab7b19affected
  • f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 to < 956541efd125a10442f9514668bc5c852702c93baffected
  • f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 to < ec1627bcb5b51ddd46b1ef27a9d5a9834abb0a6aaffected
  • f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 to < 7e48afafe7abc275f7b6916613bb18b821e7d94aaffected
  • f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 to < 0d9636ecba34bd553ecf19049f7705505aea62fdaffected
  • f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 to < 4c02acbe0a2692ca9991c51e62bbe6d6b59dac31affected
  • f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 to < 779972513c2fa8c7938e54976f686091dafff22faffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.26affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.26unaffected
  • 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

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