In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fscrypt: Avoid dynamic allocation in fscrypt_get_devices()
When a blk_crypto_key starts being used or is evicted, fs/crypto/ calls fscrypt_get_devices() to get the filesystem's list of block devices, then iterates over them and calls blk_crypto_config_supported(), blk_crypto_start_using_key(), or blk_crypto_evict_key() on each one.
Currently, the block device pointers are placed in a dynamically allocated array. This dynamic allocation is problematic because:
- It can fail, especially at the fscrypt_destroy_inline_crypt_key() call site when it's invoked for inode eviction under direct reclaim.
- fscrypt_destroy_inline_crypt_key() doesn't handle the failure. It just zeroizes and frees the blk_crypto_key without calling blk_crypto_evict_key(). That causes a use-after-free.
For now, let's fix this in the straightforward and easily-backportable way by switching to an on-stack array. Currently the fscrypt multi-device functionality is used only by f2fs, which has a hardcoded limit of 8 block devices. An on-stack array works fine for that.
(Of course, this solution won't scale up to large number of block devices. For that we'd need a different solution, like moving the block device iteration into the filesystem. Or in the case of btrfs, which will only support blk-crypto-fallback, we should make it just call blk-crypto-fallback directly, so the block devices won't be needed.)
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.12 | Aug 11, 2026 | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1052-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-oemUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-38-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-laptop-23.10Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oem-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1066-gkeNo solution existsUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.8Upgrade linux-image-virtual-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1067-awsUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-26.04Upgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-38-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1071-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-147-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-gke-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1067-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1066-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1069-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1064-oracleUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1016-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-38-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-147-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1035-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oracleUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1017-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1071-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-gke-6.8Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1071-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-azure-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1035-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-awsUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-gkeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8Upgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-realtime-6.8.1Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-ibmUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-26.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1062-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1067-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1064-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibm-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-38-genericUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-oracle-7.0Upgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-147-genericUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-147-fipsUpgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-gke-7.0Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-26.04aUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1071-azureUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-azure-fde-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-oem-26.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-147-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1071-gcpUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1067-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8 | Sep 21, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 17, 2026 | Aug 10, 2026 |
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