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CVE-2026-80555 (GCVE-0-2026-80555)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-26 14:37 – Updated: 2026-08-27 12:40
VLAI
Title
s390/vfio_ccw: Free all memory if cp_init() fails
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/vfio_ccw: Free all memory if cp_init() fails The routine cp_free() is called to unpin/free any memory once an I/O is completed successfully, or if cp_prefetch() fails. But if cp_init() fails, and cp->initialized is not enabled, the same routine cannot be used to free all the memory. An attempt to address this exists in ccwchain_handle_ccw(), where a single call to ccwchain_free() is made for the currently-processed CCW segment. But this will leak other segments (created as a result of a Transfer in Channel) that had been allocated as part of the same channel program. Address this by performing the cleanup outside of the recursive ccwchain_handle_ccw()/ccwchain_loop_tic() logic.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 8b515be512a2435bb8aedc6390cbe140167f9eb9 , < 276bd7ed34d56c48c65c43c0b08f2ee77029b2fa (git)
Affected: 8b515be512a2435bb8aedc6390cbe140167f9eb9 , < f9bcff265556796834122f95de16d52a8375206c (git)
Affected: 8b515be512a2435bb8aedc6390cbe140167f9eb9 , < 17e01e342af74de12899c206dcc9ec90684703aa (git)
Affected: 8b515be512a2435bb8aedc6390cbe140167f9eb9 , < 152fcb74a26804b70909381c6acc90595a0ae1c1 (git)
Affected: 8b515be512a2435bb8aedc6390cbe140167f9eb9 , < 6a917199aaf97904f5619afe3dfdacb155b03e8c (git)
Affected: 8b515be512a2435bb8aedc6390cbe140167f9eb9 , < 32e3d364a7b8295120d37e6a6bd433d2de26f748 (git)
Affected: 8b515be512a2435bb8aedc6390cbe140167f9eb9 , < 4699b54fada156534cbb39834d47fc9374d7a1f5 (git)
Affected: 8b515be512a2435bb8aedc6390cbe140167f9eb9 , < 74186c2968f8f756ac3226b545b598457c910c75 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.3
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.3 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.267 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.218 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.185 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.154 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.105 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.46 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.10 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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