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        "cveId": "CVE-2023-54278",
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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-12-30T12:06:44.524Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-12-30T12:16:06.350Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:58:52.943Z"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ns390/vmem: split pages when debug pagealloc is enabled\n\nSince commit bb1520d581a3 (\"s390/mm: start kernel with DAT enabled\")\nthe kernel crashes early during boot when debug pagealloc is enabled:\n\nmem auto-init: stack:off, heap alloc:off, heap free:off\naddressing exception: 0005 ilc:2 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.5.0-rc3-09759-gc5666c912155 #630\n[..]\nKrnl Code: 00000000001325f6: ec5600248064 cgrj %r5,%r6,8,000000000013263e\n           00000000001325fc: eb880002000c srlg %r8,%r8,2\n          #0000000000132602: b2210051     ipte %r5,%r1,%r0,0\n          >0000000000132606: b90400d1     lgr %r13,%r1\n           000000000013260a: 41605008     la %r6,8(%r5)\n           000000000013260e: a7db1000     aghi %r13,4096\n           0000000000132612: b221006d     ipte %r6,%r13,%r0,0\n           0000000000132616: e3d0d0000171 lay %r13,4096(%r13)\n\nCall Trace:\n __kernel_map_pages+0x14e/0x320\n __free_pages_ok+0x23a/0x5a8)\n free_low_memory_core_early+0x214/0x2c8\n memblock_free_all+0x28/0x58\n mem_init+0xb6/0x228\n mm_core_init+0xb6/0x3b0\n start_kernel+0x1d2/0x5a8\n startup_continue+0x36/0x40\nKernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception: panic_on_oops\n\nThis is caused by using large mappings on machines with EDAT1/EDAT2. Add\nthe code to split the mappings into 4k pages if debug pagealloc is enabled\nby CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC_ENABLE_DEFAULT or the debug_pagealloc kernel\ncommand line option."
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