CVE-2026-68451 (GCVE-0-2026-68451)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-13 13:59 – Updated: 2026-08-13 22:45
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Title
s390/zcrypt: Validate length for CCA ECC private key requests
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/zcrypt: Validate length for CCA ECC private key requests cca_ecc2protkey() derives the copy length for the CPRB parameter block directly from the length field in the key token. Reject the request early if the token length exceeds the available space in the parameter block.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: fa6999e326fe7851ecbd572b8cb9be8e930ebf41 , < dd25bd9b0f36849808bd7625dcc59dd4c1aeef3e (git)
Affected: fa6999e326fe7851ecbd572b8cb9be8e930ebf41 , < ecc3b8691c1935f9f3e4eb964ab11e40fdec17f5 (git)
Affected: fa6999e326fe7851ecbd572b8cb9be8e930ebf41 , < 013a4484f061a2b41f052e25c0015203287e63f1 (git)
Affected: fa6999e326fe7851ecbd572b8cb9be8e930ebf41 , < 8fa3e9435a13c335efb63fb4f4e77531a0031159 (git)
Affected: fa6999e326fe7851ecbd572b8cb9be8e930ebf41 , < a9ae0f6dd45c3ccc1d69363f7aea8af179122730 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.151 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.103 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.44 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.8 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2-rc6 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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