CVE-2026-68480 (GCVE-0-2026-68480)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-06 17:36 – Updated: 2026-08-09 03:38
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Title
x86/bugs: Make Safe-RET robust against interrupt injection
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/bugs: Make Safe-RET robust against interrupt injection An attacker injecting interrupts while the Safe-RET mitigation executes on machines affected by SRSO can neutralize the safe return sequence, potentially leading to data leakage through speculative execution. Fixup register state as if the Safe-RET sequence executed successfully by "emulating" it, in a manner of speaking, and avoid executing a RET instruction after returning from the interrupt.
Severity
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < dfefa3c51370f84acb643cddf98bb42c885d0483 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 52db77a13be224e09eb4ba6b4252ae8ab9085c2c (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < d0208e08d64d99383e09852a76cc3038c5a4c3ab (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 6703dba1d14cbd6647cd1ccfa3a3fa94b64dd096 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < e262f28a69ae9e0791248f93b0173c1d1f3e1d5d (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < bfe7f9993467ba431b2731437949ac1e2634e771 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 61649a2d61cb0dbc673f0f232f0f0c298bf50442 (git)
Affected: 0 , < 5.10.264 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 5.15.215 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 6.1.182 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 6.6.150 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 6.12.102 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 6.18.43 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 7.1.7 (semver)
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Linux Linux Unaffected: 5.10.264 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.215 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.182 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.150 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.102 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.43 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.7 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
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