Security update for cryptsetup
This update for cryptsetup fixes the following issues: Changes in cryptsetup: - Fix for (bsc#1270254) to avoid undesired pinning of all volume keys (via the thread keyring) through the caller's credentials when the kernel opens a file. This is due to the refactoring in kernel commit a28d893eb327 ("md: port block device access to file") that accidentally causes the caller's thread keyring to be kept alive long beyond the caller's lifetime, the kernel part is tracked in (bsc#1270252). * Add keyring key type. [b6fb6fc0] * Load volume keys in intermediary keyring linked in thread keyring. [413a3dd0] * Use unique intermediary keyring name per device. [04ef07a7] * Add regression tests. [bfcb0c38, bb5e8e9f, e6573494, aa214c09]
Security update for cryptsetup
Description
This update for cryptsetup fixes the following issues: Changes in cryptsetup: - Fix for (bsc#1270254) to avoid undesired pinning of all volume keys (via the thread keyring) through the caller's credentials when the kernel opens a file. This is due to the refactoring in kernel commit a28d893eb327 ("md: port block device access to file") that accidentally causes the caller's thread keyring to be kept alive long beyond the caller's lifetime, the kernel part is tracked in (bsc#1270252). * Add keyring key type. [b6fb6fc0] * Load volume keys in intermediary keyring linked in thread keyring. [413a3dd0] * Use unique intermediary keyring name per device. [04ef07a7] * Add regression tests. [bfcb0c38, bb5e8e9f, e6573494, aa214c09]
Affected software
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- SUSE Product Security Team
- Advisory Id
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21325-1
- Cve Count
- 0
Threat ID: 6aab496c55bf5e2cf5990d23
Added to database: 09/17/2026, 01:59:08 UTC
Last updated: 09/17/2026, 02:02:23 UTC
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