Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-68473

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/uaccess: correct check for CONFIG_PPC_E500 in mask_user_address() mask_user_address() incorrectly checks for CONFIG_E500 instead of CONFIG_PPC_E500, causing mask_user_address_isel() to not be used on E500 hardware. Fix the check to use the correct name.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 861574d51bbd7a06dbf07f658a9a8def012c2f74, 7.0, 0

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