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CVE-2026-74567

HIGH 7.1

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

CVSS Score
7.1
EPSS Score
0.1%
EPSS Percentile
2th

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.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Aug 15, 2026
Last Updated Aug 19, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
f771fde82051976a6fc0fd570f8b86de4a92124b < 4c0c26f751e50d3027eacc4d7d0fabc31f1d7e6b f771fde82051976a6fc0fd570f8b86de4a92124b < 79916f40d4ab1b4ae694d8c024fd179454bfe46e f771fde82051976a6fc0fd570f8b86de4a92124b < e5b01998cef8d7f613200230ccaadebe5de9135c f771fde82051976a6fc0fd570f8b86de4a92124b < d1933e03e8c74a018550c31a393b79c4d95bff40 f771fde82051976a6fc0fd570f8b86de4a92124b < 3a744838453fb9309ce5a5526d3252e211d60152 f771fde82051976a6fc0fd570f8b86de4a92124b < e9417d21a22ad2ec398e78fcf084b717ce92cf2f f771fde82051976a6fc0fd570f8b86de4a92124b < 8dba33c1e779d0fb9a2acb31e354cf0fc0229111 f771fde82051976a6fc0fd570f8b86de4a92124b < 63918731f9ae25b5deb022f118e941e6dddfcef4
Linux / Linux
5.3

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c0c26f751e50d3027eacc4d7d0fabc31f1d7e6b git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79916f40d4ab1b4ae694d8c024fd179454bfe46e git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5b01998cef8d7f613200230ccaadebe5de9135c git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1933e03e8c74a018550c31a393b79c4d95bff40 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a744838453fb9309ce5a5526d3252e211d60152 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9417d21a22ad2ec398e78fcf084b717ce92cf2f git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dba33c1e779d0fb9a2acb31e354cf0fc0229111 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63918731f9ae25b5deb022f118e941e6dddfcef4