CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80545

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the xcrb_msg_to_type6_ep11cprb_msgx() function for s390/zcrypt lacks minimum size validation, has arithmetic overflow in length calculations, and improper ASN.1 payload parsing. This can lead to uninitialized memory access and buffer overflows.

Risk Assessment

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

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that uses size_t for length calculations, adds U32_MAX boundary checks after alignment, validates minimum request and reply sizes before copying from userspace, and performs simple ASN.1 parsing of the payload.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/zcrypt: Improve EP11 CPRB length and overflow checks The xcrb_msg_to_type6_ep11cprb_msgx() function lacks proper input validation, creating security vulnerabilities: 1. Missing minimum size validation: The ep11_cprb structure and subsequent payload fields (pld_tag, pld_lenfmt) are copied from userspace without verifying sufficient buffer length. 2. Arithmetic overflow in length calculations: CEIL4 alignment could overflow, bypassing size checks and enabling buffer overflows. 3. The payload is asn1 encoded but the function just uses a simple c struct overlay to access some fields of the payload. Fix by using size_t for length calculations, adding U32_MAX boundary checks after alignment, and validating minimum request size and minimum reply size before copying from userspace. Do a very simple asn1 parsing of the payload up to the function value field.

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