CVE-2026-89606

ecryptfs: reject too-small tag 70 packets

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:45 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ecryptfs: reject too-small tag 70 packets ecryptfs_parse_tag_70_packet() subtracts fixed metadata fields from the parsed packet body size to derive the encrypted filename size. A malformed packet with a body smaller than those fixed fields can underflow that size calculation. Reject tag 70 packets before the subtraction unless the body contains the signature, cipher code, and at least one byte of encrypted filename data.

Affected

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

2.6.299c79f34f7ee71cd28272332b424ca64b2be006ab
Vendor states this is fixed in 2e5afed9503dd1d85004c09503adc2cb584c0188 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 414a0f04feb06f03523edf7e2a8be1d7f1a9b160 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5668121974eb7f7aa82793a9d0d13abadb8904dc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9d88391bbed76eb091cddd50b0af87b1c6f22589 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b31da1ecf13929a8d7f8d2727843d2fe35396b75 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d2869768eab5648e6edc05f47e0716e5328e6681 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in df5f375a6151ef71f636da044bcef90c26697255 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e97bbe1b2bd82ec2ae37ad2e4965b4d3e78bbf7f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.29 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (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.

CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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