Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-80882

 

Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-80882

Published: September 5, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU147037
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 0 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-80882
CWE-ID: CWE-703
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a CCM cryptographic request to return an incorrect error value.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of an allocation failure in tegra_ccm_do_one_req when allocating an input buffer for a CCM request. A local user can trigger an input-buffer allocation failure to cause a CCM cryptographic request to return an incorrect error value.


Affected software

Linux kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2026-80882

Install security update from vendor's repository.


External References

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