Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 6, 2026
CVE-2026-68480
CVE-2026-68480
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/bugs: Make Safe-RET robust against interrupt injection
An attacker injecting interrupts while the Safe-RET mitigation executes on machines affected by SRSO can neutralize the safe return sequence, potentially leading to data leakage through speculative execution.
Fixup register state as if the Safe-RET sequence executed successfully by "emulating" it, in a manner of speaking, and avoid executing a RET instruction after returning from the interrupt.
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/608c8f5dccaaf8b8d2b28c0fbdd439d144be62b0nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/61649a2d61cb0dbc673f0f232f0f0c298bf50442nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/95b08cdd603fe79d2e9d5212fbb13d577c835f4fnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c0b8105e919be5208c81d5516a194a28c58fe1envd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9de1a49e8f1fbf7c372902573a27a97d4ab4d0afnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfe7f9993467ba431b2731437949ac1e2634e771nvd
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