-

CVE-2026-93106

crash_dump: release keyring reference at the correct time

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crash_dump: release keyring reference at the correct time

restore_dm_crypt_keys_to_thread_keyring() gets a reference to the user
keyring before restoring the saved dm-crypt keys.

The same keyring reference is then passed to add_key_to_keyring() for each
saved key, but add_key_to_keyring() drops that reference on every call.
This is only balanced when exactly one key is restored. With multiple
keys, the keyring reference is dropped too many times and may trigger a
refcount underflow or use-after-free.

When more than five keys are restored, a refcount underflow/use-after-free
warning can be triggered.

The early error paths after lookup_user_key() also return without dropping
the keyring reference.

Keep ownership of the keyring reference in
restore_dm_crypt_keys_to_thread_keyring(), drop it once on all exit paths,
and make add_key_to_keyring() only use the reference without consuming it.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch das CVE Programm von einer CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) (Unstrukturiert).
HerstellerLinux
≫
Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version 62f17d9df6924cf805de5ae970470615c1c8d9f2
Version < b0f7343a002f9c8b8378011f60482c76f3216dfd
Status affected
Version 62f17d9df6924cf805de5ae970470615c1c8d9f2
Version < ed566979f99c5516cad45a76ae25e2a4928ffb67
Status affected
Version 62f17d9df6924cf805de5ae970470615c1c8d9f2
Version < ada2e5a44e99113e08ad9b7b71396c6c572204da
Status affected
HerstellerLinux
≫
Produkt Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version 6.16
Status affected
Version 0
Version < 6.16
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.18.*
Version 6.18.52
Status unaffected
Version <= 7.2.*
Version 7.2.6
Status unaffected
Version <= *
Version 7.3-rc1
Status unaffected
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
Diese Information steht angemeldeten Benutzern zur Verfügung. Login Login
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.2% 0.099
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
Es wurden noch keine Informationen zu CWE veröffentlicht.
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0f7343a002f9c8b8378011f60482c76f3216dfd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed566979f99c5516cad45a76ae25e2a4928ffb67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ada2e5a44e99113e08ad9b7b71396c6c572204da