CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-80555

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in the s390/vfio_ccw subsystem, there is a memory leak when cp_init() fails. The current cleanup logic does not handle all channel program segments, leading to memory leakage.

Risk Assessment

Memory leak can lead to exhaustion of system resources and service outages in environments using vfio-ccw.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that moves cleanup outside the recursive ccwchain_handle_ccw() logic to ensure all memory is freed.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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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