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Advisory severityHigh7.0Vendor: MediumRed Hat Linux

High [CVE-2026-64559] Check length in PKEY_VERIFYPROTK ioctl

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-64559 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat package: kernel-rt.

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CVE-2026-64559
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Summary

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. This could lead to information disclosure by reading out-of-bounds memory or a denial of service by crashing the system.

Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Weakness: CWE-805.

Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: kernel-rt.

Affected versions

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Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 29 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions

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Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 29 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That does not mean no fix exists. Read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 29 days ago·verify at source

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