CVE-2026-68451
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.1% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-120 · Classic buffer overflow
- Record status
- Received
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/013a4484f061a2b41f052e25c0015203287e63f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/447a37a6bef11bfd3645069e380460b11386e2b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dc306ff7c4d951582adaae65e0aee9fb4968dbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fa3e9435a13c335efb63fb4f4e77531a0031159
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9ae0f6dd45c3ccc1d69363f7aea8af179122730
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd25bd9b0f36849808bd7625dcc59dd4c1aeef3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecc3b8691c1935f9f3e4eb964ab11e40fdec17f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0831f13c42c1261d449dcee8a035e1c6cd9fcaa