CVE-2026-80546

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Missing minimum size validation: The CPRBX structure is copied from\n userspace without verifying sufficient buffer length. Undersized\n buffers cause uninitialized memory access when reading structure\n fields like cprbx.cprb_len and cprbx.domain.\n3. Arithmetic overflow in sum calculations: Adding control block and\n data block sizes could overflow, bypassing size checks and enabling\n buffer overflows.\n\nFix by using size_t for length calculations, adding U32_MAX boundary\nchecks after alignment, validating minimum control block size before\ncopying from userspace, and detecting sum calculation overflows."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The bug is in xcrb_msg_to_type6cprb_msgx(), reached only from the ZSECSENDCPRB ioctl on the s390 zcrypt character device (zcrypt_unlocked_ioctl -> zsecsendcprb_ioctl -> _zcrypt_send_cprb -> prep_cca_ap_msg); there is no network, adjacent-radio, or physical-bus entry point.\nAC:L - An attacker with a zcrypt fd fully controls the ica_xcRB length fields and CPRB buffers and can craft values that bypass flawed CEIL4/sum checks on every ioctl; no race, timing dependency, or uncontrolled memory layout is required.\nPR:L - Exploitation needs only local access to a zcrypt device node with ZSECSENDCPRB permitted via zcrypt_check_ioctl(); on IBM Z/LinuxONE admins routinely delegate such access to non-root crypto service accounts through custom zcdn nodes, not init-namespace root alone.\nUI:N - The attacker triggers the flaw directly by issuing ZSECSENDCPRB with a crafted ica_xcRB from their own process; no separate victim action such as mounting a filesystem or opening a file is required.\nS:U - Impact is heap corruption and kernel memory disclosure within the host kernel address space during AP message preparation; it does not cross a VM, IOMMU, or other changed security-authority boundary.\nC:H - Undersized request_control_blk_length copies fewer than sizeof(CPRBX) bytes yet the code reads cprbx.cprb_len and cprbx.domain from uninitialized kmalloc memory; integer-overflow bypasses can also yield out-of-bounds reads beyond the allocated ap_msg buffer.\nI:H - Signed-int CEIL4 alignment and sum overflows can make ap_msg->len smaller than copied data and place req_data before the kmalloc buffer, enabling z_copy_from_user() heap buffer overflows and attacker-influenced memory corruption suitable for control-flow hijack.\nA:H - Heap underflow/overflow and corrupted AP message buffers can immediately oops or panic the kernel; prep_cca_ap_msg runs before any crypto hardware is required, so the crash primitive is repeatable from ioctl alone."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_msgtype6.c"], "versions": [{"version": "20b0b0159390fa5c00a435195649680fefda81e0", "lessThan": "584400144020f40365de3972c4763da520e7280e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e2c6d91eb8b1533753755f07803e47eceed263d0", "lessThan": "50fe5133dcb46449daf2435fa705264364411129", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "e2c6d91eb8b1533753755f07803e47eceed263d0", "lessThan": "35ac6754ba6da45fd193f5ce3f665f7490b830d5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "f9da85d4780515f65983e0af151458599adaef3d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "6.12.114", "lessThan": "6.13", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/s390/crypto/zcrypt_msgtype6.c"], "versions": [{"version": "7.1", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "7.1", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.1", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.10"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.1", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.12.114"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/584400144020f40365de3972c4763da520e7280e"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50fe5133dcb46449daf2435fa705264364411129"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35ac6754ba6da45fd193f5ce3f665f7490b830d5"}], "title": "s390/zcrypt: Improve CCA CPRB length and overflow checks", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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