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CVE-2026-89605

ecryptfs: release message context on send failure

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Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, and 2 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ecryptfs: release message context on send failure ecryptfs_send_message_locked() moves a message context from the free list to the allocated list before sending the request to the userspace daemon. If ecryptfs_send_miscdev() fails, the context is left on the allocated list and cannot be reused. Move it back to the free list on failure and clear the caller's pointer.

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 · fixed in 177e0c32fec3602bb3b64139bb8bb610cd6722c7; From f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 · fixed in 743e7aeb9575c0838d8996d40d81a6b8fa5cd060; From f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 · fixed in 590fc6140e29c54d2f7839eb9df78d106ee1905e; From f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 · fixed in 30845ed227475a11a49ccce047837d016b7e0f49; From f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 · fixed in 47ce611cb13f0eefa550d5434c1afcd4217bfc3e; From f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 · fixed in 9319706316a8e79f374627554386d575a84b637f; From f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 · fixed in 654b7e79443f5ea90849f5c1cf70c0d94bd5b10e; From f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 · fixed in 219644a3ad5518217b2d62cad6d2c36a2308c949

  • Linux Linux

    2.6.26

  • KernelLinux

    From 2.6.26 · fixed in 5.10.270; From 5.11.0 · fixed in 5.15.221; From 5.16.0 · fixed in 6.1.188; From 6.2.0 · fixed in 6.6.157; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.109; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.50; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.2.4

References 8

git.kernel.org