CVE-2026-80545 (GCVE-0-2026-80545)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-26 14:37 – Updated: 2026-08-27 05:01
VLAI
Title
s390/zcrypt: Improve EP11 CPRB length and overflow checks
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Assigner
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: e2c6d91eb8b1533753755f07803e47eceed263d0 , < 2976b9d2e716c7e5487ca7c29a7bd076cf9adf08 (git)
Affected: e2c6d91eb8b1533753755f07803e47eceed263d0 , < 17ac0bc866fc624cd05f022dcd8b730c0af11bb1 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 7.1
Unaffected: 0 , < 7.1 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.10 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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