PT-2026-72185

CVE-2026-68473

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Published

2026-08-15

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Updated

2026-11-06

Description by

CVSS 3.1
7.8
High
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description In the powerpc/uaccess component, the mask user address() function incorrectly checks for CONFIG E500 instead of CONFIG PPC E500. This error prevents the mask user address isel() function from being utilized on E500 hardware.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
CVE-2026-68473
USN-8887-1
USN-8887-2
USN-8887-3
USN-8888-1
USN-8888-2
USN-8889-1
USN-9003-1
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