What is GHSA-h544-cjrp-f5fc?

GHSA-h544-cjrp-f5fc is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/uaccess: correct...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-h544-cjrp-f5fc cover?

GHSA-h544-cjrp-f5fc covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-68473. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-h544-cjrp-f5fc?

GHSA-h544-cjrp-f5fc has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-h544-cjrp-f5fcHighCVSS 7.8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/uaccess: correct...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-68473 →

📋 Description

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.

🔗 References (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68473
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5c234774a82f27b594f70c15fc45ce3648e4295
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d610d3ab18197d87618da11ec5fe8b3cebf32208
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h544-cjrp-f5fc