Re: [syzbot] [ecryptfs?] KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds Read in ecryptfs_verify_auth_tok_from_key

From: Edward Adam Davis

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 22:26:46 EST


From: Edward Aadm Davis <eadavis@xxxxxxxx>

#syz test: upstream f6e7b42bf05b

diff --git a/security/keys/user_defined.c b/security/keys/user_defined.c
index 6f88b507f927..6bf3e2da7bda 100644
--- a/security/keys/user_defined.c
+++ b/security/keys/user_defined.c
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ int user_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
struct user_key_payload *upayload;
size_t datalen = prep->datalen;

- if (datalen == 0 || datalen > 32767 || !prep->data)
+ if (datalen == 0 || datalen > 32767 || datalen < 4 ||
+ !prep->data)
return -EINVAL;

upayload = kmalloc_flex(*upayload, data, datalen);