Description
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.
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a744838453fb9309ce5a5526d3252e211d60152
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c0c26f751e50d3027eacc4d7d0fabc31f1d7e6b
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/63918731f9ae25b5deb022f118e941e6dddfcef4
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/79916f40d4ab1b4ae694d8c024fd179454bfe46e
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dba33c1e779d0fb9a2acb31e354cf0fc0229111
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1933e03e8c74a018550c31a393b79c4d95bff40
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5b01998cef8d7f613200230ccaadebe5de9135c
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9417d21a22ad2ec398e78fcf084b717ce92cf2f
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.1
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 2 · as of 11 November 2026
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