[PATCH v3 1/2] ecryptfs: reject short encrypted key payloads

From: Adriano Cordova

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 13:18:05 EST


Reject payloads too short to hold a struct ecryptfs_auth_tok,
as a key created with a non-ecryptfs format is shorter than
the struct, so the payload gets dereferenced past its end.

Fixes: 1252cc3b232e ("eCryptfs: added support for the encrypted key type")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Adriano Cordova <adrianox@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v3:
- Split the v2 patch.
- Remove Nguyen Duy Nhat Anh change and its Reported-by tag.

Changes in v2:
- Add Reported-by tag.

fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
index 58165928ed1e..d4fef71738b0 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/ecryptfs_kernel.h
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ ecryptfs_get_encrypted_key_payload_data(struct key *key)
if (!payload)
return ERR_PTR(-EKEYREVOKED);

+ if (payload->payload_datalen < sizeof(struct ecryptfs_auth_tok))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
return (struct ecryptfs_auth_tok *)payload->payload_data;
}

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2.51.0