CVE-2026-68453

s390/zcrypt: Fix buffer over-read in cca_cipher2protkey

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
Aug 13, 2026
Updated
Oct 30, 2026
Reserved
Jul 30, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/zcrypt: Fix buffer over-read in cca_cipher2protkey

Add validation of both the actual key buffer size and token length fields in all the cca_check_sec*token() functions. Additionally check in cca_gencipherkey() for possible underflow with returned key size.

The CCA token structures contain user-controlled len fields that were used in operations without proper validation against both the actual buffer size and minimum token structure size. An attacker could set this field larger than the actual buffer size, leading to reading beyond buffer boundaries. This may result in a kernel crash or exposure of memory via sending this as part of a request down to the crypto card. Also an attacker could have used a very small len value and thus enforce a buffer under-run which may produce similar effects as a over-read.

So now a key must - key buf length must be at least sizeof the token struct - the key len field inside the token must fit into the range of sizeof key token struct ... key buf length

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd to before 1adfec7be6f34c1073c9cf15040bc4e3fdc6dc51Affected
  • 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd to before d0951ed366710a1a303b7cb2f8eb3d866cd68fc6Affected
  • 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd to before 353e442d18084b24fb3ede4e5adfca26b25f0e89Affected
  • 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd to before a57fd7fcdb63e2d5ceac78bbe825ec986062a9daAffected
  • 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd to before 3b2abee2a678607ae27975bc6833785c2002df43Affected
  • 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd to before 36b230835b8a008266aad22168ca52afacc8a58dAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.4Affected
  • before 5.4Not affected
  • 6.1.191 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.160 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.114 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.44 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.8 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

References

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