CVE-2026-80921 (GCVE-0-2026-80921)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-09 16:19
Modified
2026-10-19 08:45
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: s390: vsie: zero stale crypto bits When shadowing crypto access bits from a format0 apcb (crycb 0 or 1), the bits 64..255 are unchanged from whatever is in the vsie page in the crycb and thus in the apcb. This gives a nested guest potential access to a device no longer available. Zero out the remaining bits.
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Linux Linux Version: 6b79de4b056e5a2febc0c61233d8f0ad7868e49c
Version: 6b79de4b056e5a2febc0c61233d8f0ad7868e49c
Version: 6b79de4b056e5a2febc0c61233d8f0ad7868e49c
Version: 6b79de4b056e5a2febc0c61233d8f0ad7868e49c
Version: 6b79de4b056e5a2febc0c61233d8f0ad7868e49c
Version: 6b79de4b056e5a2febc0c61233d8f0ad7868e49c
Version: 6b79de4b056e5a2febc0c61233d8f0ad7868e49c
Version: 6b79de4b056e5a2febc0c61233d8f0ad7868e49c
Version: 6b79de4b056e5a2febc0c61233d8f0ad7868e49c
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