CVE-2026-74567

high

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9417d21a22ad2ec398e78fcf084b717ce92cf2f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1933e03e8c74a018550c31a393b79c4d95bff40

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dba33c1e779d0fb9a2acb31e354cf0fc0229111

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63918731f9ae25b5deb022f118e941e6dddfcef4

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a744838453fb9309ce5a5526d3252e211d60152

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-15

Updated: 2026-08-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High