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

CVE-2026-68473
HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

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.

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 861574d51bbd7a06dbf07f658a9a8def012c2f74 < d5c234774a82f27b594f70c15fc45ce3648e4295 ; affected 861574d51bbd7a06dbf07f658a9a8def012c2f74 < d610d3ab18197d87618da11ec5fe8b3cebf32208
Linux · Linuxaffected 7.0 ; unaffected 0 < 7.0 ; unaffected 7.1.5 ≤ 7.1.* ; unaffected 7.2 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD