Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64/gcs: Fix error handling in arch_set_shadow_stack_status()
alloc_gcs() returns an error-encoded pointer on failure, which comes from do_mmap(), not NULL.
The current NULL check fails to detect errors, which could lead to using an invalid GCS address.
Use IS_ERR_VALUE() to properly detect errors, consistent with the check in gcs_alloc_thread_stack().
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 5.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- May 27, 2026
- Last modified
- Jun 25, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed