CVE-2026-80555 PUBLISHED

s390/vfio_ccw: Free all memory if cp_init() fails

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 26.08.2026 Published: 26.08.2026 Updated: 26.08.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 8b515be512a2435bb8aedc6390cbe140167f9eb9 to 6a917199aaf97904f5619afe3dfdacb155b03e8c (excl.)
  • affected from 8b515be512a2435bb8aedc6390cbe140167f9eb9 to 32e3d364a7b8295120d37e6a6bd433d2de26f748 (excl.)
  • affected from 8b515be512a2435bb8aedc6390cbe140167f9eb9 to 4699b54fada156534cbb39834d47fc9374d7a1f5 (excl.)
  • affected from 8b515be512a2435bb8aedc6390cbe140167f9eb9 to 74186c2968f8f756ac3226b545b598457c910c75 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.3 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.3 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.105 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.46 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.10 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

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