CVE-2026-80545

s390/zcrypt: Improve EP11 CPRB length and overflow checks

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 26, 2026 at 02:37 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

20b0b0159390fa5c00a435195649680fefda81e06.12.1147.1e2c6d91eb8b1533753755f07803e47eceed263d0f9da85d4780515f65983e0af151458599adaef3d
Vendor states this is fixed in 17ac0bc866fc624cd05f022dcd8b730c0af11bb1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2976b9d2e716c7e5487ca7c29a7bd076cf9adf08 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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