Riskcovery

CVE-2026-68473

powerpc/uaccess: correct check for CONFIG_PPC_E500 in mask_user_address()

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Updated
Aug 17, 2026
Reserved
Jul 30, 2026

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Description

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

powerpc/uaccess: correct check for CONFIG_PPC_E500 in mask_user_address()

mask_user_address() incorrectly checks for CONFIG_E500 instead of CONFIG_PPC_E500, causing mask_user_address_isel() to not be used on E500 hardware. Fix the check to use the correct name.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 861574d51bbd7a06dbf07f658a9a8def012c2f74 to before d5c234774a82f27b594f70c15fc45ce3648e4295Affected
  • 861574d51bbd7a06dbf07f658a9a8def012c2f74 to before d610d3ab18197d87618da11ec5fe8b3cebf32208Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 7.0Affected
  • before 7.0Not affected
  • 7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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