CVE-2026-68473

7.8 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.8). EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 5% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2026-08-15
Modified: 2026-08-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5c234774a82f27b594f70c15fc45ce3648e4295
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d610d3ab18197d87618da11ec5fe8b3cebf32208

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