CVE-2026-64559

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/pkey: Check length in PKEY_VERIFYPROTK ioctl Explicitly check the buffer length request structure provided by user-space and fail, if it exceeds the buffer size.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-07-29 17:16:53.523000
Last modified
2026-10-19 21:17:46.190000
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  "published": "2026-07-29T17:16:53.523",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T21:17:46.190",
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