CVE-2026-93106

crash_dump: release keyring reference at the correct time

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Sep 17, 2026

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Description

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.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 62f17d9df6924cf805de5ae970470615c1c8d9f2 to before b0f7343a002f9c8b8378011f60482c76f3216dfdAffected
  • 62f17d9df6924cf805de5ae970470615c1c8d9f2 to before ed566979f99c5516cad45a76ae25e2a4928ffb67Affected
  • 62f17d9df6924cf805de5ae970470615c1c8d9f2 to before ada2e5a44e99113e08ad9b7b71396c6c572204daAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.16Affected
  • before 6.16Not affected
  • 6.18.52 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.6 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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