CVE-2026-68148

fscrypt: Add missing superblock check in find_or_insert_direct_key()

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 10, 2026 at 11:59 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

22e9947a4b2ba255888541bd0111cf00b9b165866.1
Vendor states this is fixed in 330249609b70778094a7a36f5b6bcfa6362121d4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 466f187b501a5ac8e1ea2ccf3ccd5c46108d8830 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 95376fe9c145be35566991df99c53134943d992f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 965b5bc8cf5031225e057979ce660fec2bd5fbfc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b5fa40226e71c17847b9ff2816c6ca4133d0d994 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in deff41898a5ae3a47db5fa1896a494aa95efda5d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.148 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-416

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