THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] 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,
potential
[NVD] 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, potential
CVE-2026-68480 CVSS: None Published: 2026-08-06T22:18:24.697
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.
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-68480cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68480