Bug 2552209 (CVE-2026-98403) - CVE-2026-98403 kernel: s390/boot: Avoid IPL parameter append past command line
Summary: CVE-2026-98403 kernel: s390/boot: Avoid IPL parameter append past command line
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98403
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-10-14 13:45 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-16 07:10 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-14 13:45:00 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/boot: Avoid IPL parameter append past command line

A command line may occupy all but the terminating byte of
COMMAND_LINE_SIZE. In that case append_ipl_block_parm() passes a zero size
to the IPL parameter conversion helpers and points the destination one
byte past early_command_line. The helpers subtract one from the unsigned
size and write the converted parameter outside the command line buffer.

Convert the IPL parameter in the command line parsing buffer first. A
parameter beginning with '=' can then replace the existing command line
regardless of its length, while other parameters are appended only when
space remains.


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