CVE-2023-52639

KVM: s390: vsie: fix race during shadow creation

MEDIUM
4.7
CVSS Score
Published: April 3, 2024 at 02:54 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM4.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: s390: vsie: fix race during shadow creation Right now it is possible to see gmap->private being zero in kvm_s390_vsie_gmap_notifier resulting in a crash. This is due to the fact that we add gmap->private == kvm after creation: static int acquire_gmap_shadow(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vsie_page *vsie_page) { [...] gmap = gmap_shadow(vcpu->arch.gmap, asce, edat); if (IS_ERR(gmap)) return PTR_ERR(gmap); gmap->private = vcpu->kvm; Let children inherit the private field of the parent.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.8 ≤ v < 6.1.824.8 ≤ v < 6.6.224.8 ≤ v < 6.7.64.8 ≤ v < 6.86.2 ≤ v < 6.6.226.7 ≤ v < 6.7.66.8 rc16.8 rc26.8 rc3a3508fbe9dc6dd3bece0c7bf889cc085a011738c
Vendor states this is fixed in 28bb27824f25f36e5f80229a358d66ee09244082 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5df3b81a567eb565029563f26f374ae3803a1dfc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f5572c0323cf8b4f1f0618178648a25b8fb8a380 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fe752331d4b361d43cfd0b89534b4b2176057c32 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.82 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.22 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

References (4)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28bb27824f25f36e5f80229a358d66ee09244082
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5df3b81a567eb565029563f26f374ae3803a1dfc
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5572c0323cf8b4f1f0618178648a25b8fb8a380
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe752331d4b361d43cfd0b89534b4b2176057c32

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-362

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