CVE-2026-68480
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.
CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.23%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 13
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52db77a13be224e09eb4ba6b4252ae8ab9085c2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61649a2d61cb0dbc673f0f232f0f0c298bf50442
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6703dba1d14cbd6647cd1ccfa3a3fa94b64dd096
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e7f81cf6f5ca3311e526308f55d7c54d3ba71f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfe7f9993467ba431b2731437949ac1e2634e771
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0208e08d64d99383e09852a76cc3038c5a4c3ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfefa3c51370f84acb643cddf98bb42c885d0483
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e262f28a69ae9e0791248f93b0173c1d1f3e1d5d
- https://people.csail.mit.edu/mengjia/data/2026.USENIX.TONTOU.pdf
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