CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80553

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in the s390/vfio_ccw subsystem, there is a lack of cancellation of existing workqueues during initialization. This can lead to dispatching work after the private structure is freed.

Risk Assessment

Use-after-free can lead to system crashes or potential exploitation by an attacker.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel patch that adds appropriate cleanup tags in _release_dev to prevent dispatching work after the structure is freed.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/vfio_ccw: Cancel existing workqueues The initialization of the io_work and crw_work workqueues begs the question of whether they should be un-initialized. Add the corresponding cleanup tags in _release_dev to ensure work isn't dispatched after the private struct is free'd.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS