CVE-2025-39939

iommu/s390: Fix memory corruption when using identity domain

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 4, 2025 at 07:31 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/s390: Fix memory corruption when using identity domain zpci_get_iommu_ctrs() returns counter information to be reported as part of device statistics; these counters are stored as part of the s390_domain. The problem, however, is that the identity domain is not backed by an s390_domain and so the conversion via to_s390_domain() yields a bad address that is zero'd initially and read on-demand later via a sysfs read. These counters aren't necessary for the identity domain; just return NULL in this case. This issue was discovered via KASAN with reports that look like: BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in zpci_fmb_enable_device when using the identity domain for a device on s390.

Affected

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

6.15 ≤ v < 6.16.96.176.17 rc16.17 rc26.17 rc36.17 rc46.17 rc56.17 rc664af12c6ec3afd7d44bc8b2044eee59f98059087
Vendor states this is fixed in 17a58caf3863163c4a84a218a9649be2c8061443 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b3506e9bcc777ed6af2ab631c86a9990ed97b474 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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