CVE-2026-89605

HIGH 7.8

ecryptfs: release message context on send failure

CVSS Score

7.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

Vendor	linux
Product	linux
Ecosystems	Linux Kernel
Industries	Technology
Published	Sep 11, 2026
Last Updated	Sep 14, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

Linux / Linux

f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 < 177e0c32fec3602bb3b64139bb8bb610cd6722c7 f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 < 743e7aeb9575c0838d8996d40d81a6b8fa5cd060 f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 < 590fc6140e29c54d2f7839eb9df78d106ee1905e f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 < 30845ed227475a11a49ccce047837d016b7e0f49 f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 < 47ce611cb13f0eefa550d5434c1afcd4217bfc3e f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 < 9319706316a8e79f374627554386d575a84b637f f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 < 654b7e79443f5ea90849f5c1cf70c0d94bd5b10e f66e883eb6186bc43a79581b67aff7d1a69d0ff1 < 219644a3ad5518217b2d62cad6d2c36a2308c949

Linux / Linux

2.6.26

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗