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Medium [CVE-2026-80708] Fix missing mem scrub at clear key import in cca_clr2cipherkey

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-80708 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat package: kernel-rt.

CVE-2026-80708 Published Aug 28, 2026Updated by vendor Aug 28, 2026
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Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/zcrypt: Fix missing mem scrub at clear key import in cca_clr2cipherkey() The helper function _ip_cprb_helper() uses internal buffer memory for building and processing CPRBs.

After use this buffer was never scrubbed which could lead to leaving for example clear key material in memory which could be exposed via tricky reuse of this same memory. Extend the _ip_cprb_helper() function with another parameter 'scrub' used to steer scrubbing of this buffer.

So now the caller has the opportunity to decide if scrubbing is needed or not. Extend the clear key to secure key token import process in function cca_clr2cipherkey() to tell the helper function from above to scrub the cprb buffer when the clear key value is part of the request data.

Add explicit scrubbing on return from function cca_clr2cipherkey() for the random EXOR buffer and the cprb buffer. Overall this cleans the internal used buffer in case of clear key import to prevent sensitive data to get exposed.

During the clear key to secure key token import process, an internal buffer used by the `_ip_cprb_helper()` function was not properly scrubbed after use. This oversight could leave sensitive clear key material in memory.

A local attacker could potentially reuse this memory to expose the cryptographic key material, leading to information disclosure.

Affected versions

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Fixed versions

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Mitigation

The source record does not include mitigation steps. That is not a statement that no fix exists — read the vendor advisory below for the authoritative guidance.

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