CVE-2026-68148

EUVD-2026-55533
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fscrypt: Add missing superblock check in find_or_insert_direct_key()

The legacy 'fscrypt_direct_keys' table caches master keys that are used
by v1 encryption policies that have FSCRYPT_POLICY_FLAG_DIRECT_KEY.
It's just a global table for all filesystems (since the keys can be
provided by the legacy process-subscribed keyrings mechanism, which
makes it difficult to reuse super_block::s_master_keys).

The entries in it ('struct fscrypt_direct_key') do contain a super_block
pointer, though, for passing to fscrypt_destroy_inline_crypt_key() when
the last inode that references the key is evicted.

However, when finding the fscrypt_direct_key for an inode, we weren't
actually comparing the super_block pointer.  As a result, inodes with
different super_blocks could point to the same fscrypt_direct_key.  That
could extend the lifetime of a fscrypt_direct_key beyond the
super_block it points to, causing a use-after-free later.

Fix this by creating distinct fscrypt_direct_key structs for distinct
super_block structs.

Note that this problem doesn't exist in the v2 policy equivalent
("per-mode keys"), since the data structures there are per super_block.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
UNKNOWN
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
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