GHSA-w6fw-g579-ffcwHighCVSS 7.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/vfio_ccw: Free all...

Published
August 27, 2026
Last Modified
August 27, 2026

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📋 Description

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.

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