CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80544

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the zcrypt_msgtype6_send_ep11_cprb() function for s390/zcrypt uses fragile struct overlays to access and modify the domain field in the EP11 CPRB payload, causing maintainability and security concerns. It lacks validation of actual ASN.1 encoding and has error-prone length format detection.

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability could allow a local attacker to manipulate data on systems using s390/zcrypt, leading to unauthorized access or data integrity compromise.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that replaces struct overlays with explicit ASN.1 parsing with validation of each field and adds the asn1_int_encode() helper function for safe integer writes.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/zcrypt: Improve EP11 CPRB domain handling with ASN.1 parsing The zcrypt_msgtype6_send_ep11_cprb() function uses fragile struct overlays to access and modify the domain field in the EP11 CPRB payload, creating maintainability and security concerns: 1. Struct overlay approach (pld_hdr) assumes fixed payload structure and doesn't validate the actual ASN.1 encoding. 2. Complex length format detection logic is error-prone and doesn't properly validate bounds at each parsing step. 3. Direct struct member access bypasses proper ASN.1 validation. Fix by replacing struct overlays with explicit ASN.1 parsing that validates each field (payload tag/length, function tag/length/value, optional domain tag/length/value) with proper bounds checking at every step. Add asn1_int_encode() helper function to safely write integer values with correct endianness conversion. This makes the code consistent with the validation pattern introduced with the rework of the xcrb_msg_to_type6_ep11cprb_msgx() function.

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