Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-68148

Linux Linux

fscrypt: Add missing superblock check in find_or_insert_direct_key()

CVSS 3.1
7.8High

Official description

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.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 6.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b16586 ≤ v < 330249609b70778094a7a36f5b6bcfa6362121d4 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b16586 ≤ v < deff41898a5ae3a47db5fa1896a494aa95efda5d CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b16586 ≤ v < 965b5bc8cf5031225e057979ce660fec2bd5fbfc CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b16586 ≤ v < 466f187b501a5ac8e1ea2ccf3ccd5c46108d8830 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b16586 ≤ v < b5fa40226e71c17847b9ff2816c6ca4133d0d994 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b16586 ≤ v < 95376fe9c145be35566991df99c53134943d992f CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-08-10
Last updated
2026-10-20
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.09%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
0.4%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-416
    Use After Free