Answer in brief
CVE-2026-89607 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in ecryptfs: reject oversized encrypted_key_size in parse_tag_3_packet. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 <ccd13eff0e7356d2aa28b127b577e4e5ad4563f5 || >=237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 <14cb36a500a5a3afbc955dbf69dabc565f1a3b26 || >=237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 <a419c9ebfc9a40ee56aaad6dc68bfd67d400817b || >=237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012 <5babe9c177c364521e3e682b949c5a8c47f4a441 | ccd13eff0e7356d2aa28b127b577e4e5ad4563f5, 14cb36a500a5a3afbc955dbf69dabc565f1a3b26, a419c9ebfc9a40ee56aaad6dc68bfd67d400817b, 5babe9c177c364521e3e682b949c5a8c47f4a441 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 2.6.19 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 11, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 11, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 11, 2026
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]
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