{"id":"AZL-99669","summary":"CVE-2026-80806 affecting package kernel 6.6.150.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: don't enable DAX on new encrypted files\n\nCurrently, when a new encrypted regular file is created, the call to\next4_set_inode_flags(inode, init=true) in __ext4_new_inode() is made\nbefore EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT is set.  As a result, it can set S_DAX if the\nfilesystem is mounted with \"-o dax=always\".\n\nEXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT then actually gets set a bit later in\n__ext4_new_inode(), when it calls fscrypt_set_context() which calls\next4_set_context().  ext4_set_context() sets EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT and\ncalls ext4_set_inode_flags(inode, init=false) to set S_ENCRYPTED too.\n\nThis was intended to clear S_DAX as well.  However, this was broken by\ncommit 043546e46dc7 (\"fs/ext4: Only change S_DAX on inode load\").  This\ncauses data written to the file to bypass encryption, also causing\nxfstests failures such as generic/548 (when \"-o dax=always\" is used).\n\nFix this by simplifying the flow by making __ext4_new_inode() set\nEXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT earlier.  This makes it take effect in\next4_set_inode_flags(inode, init=true), making S_DAX never be set.\n\nSimilarly, make EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA never be set in the first\nplace on new encrypted inodes.  Then it doesn't need to be cleared.\n\nAs a result of these simplifications, ext4_set_context() no longer needs\nto change inode flags or state when 'handle != NULL'.  Remove that too.","modified":"2026-09-05T14:17:04.651850068Z","published":"2026-09-04T16:18:07Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-80806"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80806"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.6.150.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-99669.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}