CVE-2026-64558

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/pkey: Check length in pkey_pckmo handler implementation Explicitly check the length of the target buffer in the pkey_pckmo implementation of the key_to_protkey() handler function. The handler function fails, if the generated output data exceeds the length of the provided target buffer.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-07-29 17:16:53.410000

Last modified

2026-10-19 21:17:46.043000

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  "published": "2026-07-29T17:16:53.410",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T21:17:46.043",
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