CVE-2026-74567

keys: fix out-of-bounds read in keyring_get_key_chunk()

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 12:28 PM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 08:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: keys: fix out-of-bounds read in keyring_get_key_chunk() For description-level chunks keyring_get_key_chunk() advances the read pointer by level * sizeof(long) past the inline prefix but only bounds-checks the prefix, so a long enough key description is read past its kmemdup(desc, desc_len + 1) allocation. Compute the full byte offset and bounds-check the description against it before reading. The walk only reaches a description-level chunk when two keys collide through the hash, x, type and domain_tag chunks, so this is reached from an unprivileged add_key(2) with a crafted pair of same-type keys whose index hashes collide; KASAN reports a slab-out-of-bounds read.

Affected

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

5.3f771fde82051976a6fc0fd570f8b86de4a92124b
Vendor states this is fixed in 3a744838453fb9309ce5a5526d3252e211d60152 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4c0c26f751e50d3027eacc4d7d0fabc31f1d7e6b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 63918731f9ae25b5deb022f118e941e6dddfcef4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 79916f40d4ab1b4ae694d8c024fd179454bfe46e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8dba33c1e779d0fb9a2acb31e354cf0fc0229111 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d1933e03e8c74a018550c31a393b79c4d95bff40 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e5b01998cef8d7f613200230ccaadebe5de9135c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e9417d21a22ad2ec398e78fcf084b717ce92cf2f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.265 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.216 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.103 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.44 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.151 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.8 (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 automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

7.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

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