Medium [CVE-2026-80544] Improve EP11 CPRB domain handling with ASN.1 parsing
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-80544 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/zcrypt: Improve EP11 CPRB domain handling with ASN.1 parsing The zcrypt_msgtype6_send_ep11_cprb() function uses fragile struct overlays to access and modify the domain field in the EP11 CPRB payload, creating maintainability and security concerns: 1.
Struct overlay approach (pld_hdr) assumes fixed payload structure and doesn't validate the actual ASN.1 encoding. 2.
Complex length format detection logic is error-prone and doesn't properly validate bounds at each parsing step. 3.
Direct struct member access bypasses proper ASN.1 validation. Fix by replacing struct overlays with explicit ASN.1 parsing that validates each field (payload tag/length, function tag/length/value, optional domain tag/length/value) with proper bounds checking at every step.
Add asn1_int_encode() helper function to safely write integer values with correct endianness conversion. This makes the code consistent with the validation pattern introduced with the rework of the xcrb_msg_to_type6_ep11cprb_msgx() function.
This approach lacks proper ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) encoding validation and bounds checking, creating security concerns. A local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to manipulate the EP11 CPRB payload, leading to unexpected behavior or security bypasses within cryptographic operations.
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Mitigation
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