CVE-2026-98650 (GCVE-0-2026-98650)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-18 15:20
Modified
2026-10-19 09:23
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VLAI Severity ?
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: s390: Fix potential races in dat skey functions
When dat_cond_set_storage_key() finds a large page, it will
conditionally set the storage key in absolute memory using
large_crste_to_phys() to get the absolute address.
There is a race window between dat_entry_walk() and
large_crste_to_phys(): the large page could have been split
concurrently, and large_crste_to_phys() might be called with a crste
that does not designate a large page, leading to crashes.
Similar issues were also present in dat_set_storage_key().
dat_get_storage_key() and dat_reset_reference_bit() did instead check
for a potential concurrent splitting of the large page, but then
handled it incorrectly.
Fix by performing a READ_ONCE on the crste pointer, checking and using
the result, instead of dereferencing the pointer again. In case a race
is detacted, try dat_entry_walk() again.
References
Impacted products
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