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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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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Fixed versions
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Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 11 days ago·verify at source
Mitigation
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Official advisory · medium-confidence parse· fetched 11 days ago·verify at source
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