Buffer Overflow Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [7.1,7.1.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20820714
  • published11 Oct 2026
  • disclosed26 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-80546  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 7.1.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the xcrb_msg_to_type6cprb_msgx function. An attacker can cause heap buffer overflows and memory corruption by supplying crafted input to the ZSECSENDCPRB ioctl on the s390 zcrypt character device, exploiting improper length and boundary checks in memory allocation and copy operations. This can lead to kernel memory disclosure, control-flow hijack, or system crash.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

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