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GHSA-8MFQ-HRVH-MWQH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-16 12:30 – Updated: 2026-09-16 15:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/vfio-ap: Fix control domain removal in vfio_ap_mdev_cfg_remove

The vfio_ap_config_remove function uses the bitmap_andnot function to clear bits from the matrix_mdev->matrix.adm bitmap (specifies the control domains assigned to the mdev). This prevents the explicitly unplugged control domains from being removed the KVM guest. The bitmap_and function is used instead.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-89959 (GCVE-0-2026-89959)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 10:32 – Updated: 2026-09-16 14:40

Title

s390/vfio-ap: Fix control domain removal in vfio_ap_mdev_cfg_remove

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/vfio-ap: Fix control domain removal in vfio_ap_mdev_cfg_remove The vfio_ap_config_remove function uses the bitmap_andnot function to clear bits from the matrix_mdev->matrix.adm bitmap (specifies the control domains assigned to the mdev). This prevents the explicitly unplugged control domains from being removed the KVM guest. The bitmap_and function is used instead.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12871a4269f139221…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02e72909453dee2f8…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bffadde7fc49b004…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d66afc34bc6e833…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ff68bf414de167bc…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b8a02e216f6b520c…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: eeb386aeb5b7c8d2dae6a3ba49255d8a97803182 , < 12871a4269f139221c9fde9ea3eb69c9228f59d4 (git) Affected: eeb386aeb5b7c8d2dae6a3ba49255d8a97803182 , < 02e72909453dee2f8a09f78819f9a9cb902dfbdc (git) Affected: eeb386aeb5b7c8d2dae6a3ba49255d8a97803182 , < 4bffadde7fc49b00493fb78c6376f958998d4b8c (git) Affected: eeb386aeb5b7c8d2dae6a3ba49255d8a97803182 , < f7d66afc34bc6e833c8ebe56973afec35f473bc1 (git) Affected: eeb386aeb5b7c8d2dae6a3ba49255d8a97803182 , < 2ff68bf414de167bc138e6e211ee1ad3ab3c5052 (git) Affected: eeb386aeb5b7c8d2dae6a3ba49255d8a97803182 , < 6b8a02e216f6b520cc029e43ddc83956605135d5 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.0 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.0 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.188 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.157 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.110 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.51 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.5 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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