* [PATCH] fs/ecryptfs: fix slab-out-of-bounds write when decrypting session key
@ 2026-07-20 18:11 Jay Vadayath
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From: Jay Vadayath @ 2026-07-20 18:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tyler Hicks; +Cc: ecryptfs, linux-kernel, Jay Vadayath
parse_tag_3_packet() only bounds the Tag 3 encrypted key size against
ECRYPTFS_MAX_ENCRYPTED_KEY_BYTES (512), but
decrypt_passphrase_encrypted_session_key() decrypts that many bytes
straight into the fixed-size auth_tok->session_key.decrypted_key buffer,
which is only ECRYPTFS_MAX_KEY_BYTES (64) bytes long. A crafted lower
file whose Tag 3 packet advertises an encrypted key larger than 64 bytes
therefore causes the cipher to write past the end of the decrypted_key
buffer (and past the ecryptfs_auth_tok_list_item slab object).
KASAN report from opening a crafted eCryptfs file as an unprivileged
user:
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in aes_decrypt+0x1587/0x1640
Write of size 4 at addr ffff88800616af38 by task poc/115
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x64/0x80
print_report+0xce/0x620
kasan_report+0xec/0x120
aes_decrypt+0x1587/0x1640
crypto_ecb_decrypt2+0xe9/0x150
crypto_lskcipher_crypt_sg+0x233/0x360
decrypt_passphrase_encrypted_session_key+0x4b9/0xb00
ecryptfs_parse_packet_set+0x5d6/0x1d70
ecryptfs_read_metadata+0x102/0x430
ecryptfs_open+0x274/0x5f0
do_dentry_open+0x401/0x1280
vfs_open+0x74/0x350
path_openat+0x23e7/0x3eb0
do_file_open+0x1ef/0x450
do_sys_openat2+0xd7/0x170
__x64_sys_openat+0x133/0x1d0
do_syscall_64+0x107/0x5a0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Reject encrypted key sizes that exceed the size of the decrypted_key
buffer before performing the decryption.
This bug was discovered by Artiphishell's vTriage pipeline, which
generated a userspace reproducer (opening a crafted lower file) that
reliably triggers the KASAN report on an unpatched kernel. The fix
below was drafted with the Claude coding assistant; a userspace
reproducer is available on request.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7
Signed-off-by: Jay Vadayath <jay@artiphishell.com>
---
fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c
@@ -1615,6 +1615,14 @@ decrypt_passphrase_encrypted_session_key(struct ecryptfs_auth_tok *auth_tok,
struct skcipher_request *req = NULL;
int rc = 0;
+ if (auth_tok->session_key.encrypted_key_size > ECRYPTFS_MAX_KEY_BYTES) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Encrypted key size [%d] is larger than "
+ "the maximum decrypted key size [%d]\n", __func__,
+ auth_tok->session_key.encrypted_key_size,
+ ECRYPTFS_MAX_KEY_BYTES);
+ rc = -EINVAL;
+ goto out;
+ }
if (unlikely(ecryptfs_verbosity > 0)) {
ecryptfs_printk(
KERN_DEBUG, "Session key encryption key (size [%d]):\n",
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