CVE-2026-89608

ecryptfs: pass packet set buffer size to parser

HIGH
7.1
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
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ecryptfs: pass packet set buffer size to parser ecryptfs_parse_packet_set() receives a pointer into the file header, but it calculates the remaining packet buffer size from PAGE_SIZE - 8. For version 1 headers the packet set starts later in the header, so this can overstate the available buffer. Pass the actual packet set buffer length from the caller and calculate per-packet limits from the remaining bytes in that buffer. Recompute the remaining length after consuming a tag 3 packet before parsing the following tag 11 packet.

Affected

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

2.6.19237fead619984cc48818fe12ee0ceada3f55b012
Vendor states this is fixed in 2602b79c5b3e2f6fce12e38a670f8e3fda4e46a2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 329de8b9e988b152b938f09224670d97bada0b96 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3bd9bb3e167a7c14a50423f6ff03ee0fb007199d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 66a87559ecb26afe80ad512faf728a158e2b81da (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 747fd45be396a6aea3420ab657a0ab4e60185b05 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 749fa08d8f1b318bd8f4669a14a8a4a8c1bbdaac (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e5d254e654f2311a3c4b9c791d7f216554bcd17a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e7573b0e3058c6bbdfe81673f22c09900fde9e65 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.19 (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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CVSS

7.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

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