{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-98650", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.362Z", "datePublished": "2026-10-18T15:20:22.173Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:23:19.769Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-19T09:23:19.769Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: s390: Fix potential races in dat skey functions\n\nWhen dat_cond_set_storage_key() finds a large page, it will\nconditionally set the storage key in absolute memory using\nlarge_crste_to_phys() to get the absolute address.\n\nThere is a race window between dat_entry_walk() and\nlarge_crste_to_phys(): the large page could have been split\nconcurrently, and large_crste_to_phys() might be called with a crste\nthat does not designate a large page, leading to crashes.\n\nSimilar issues were also present in dat_set_storage_key().\n\ndat_get_storage_key() and dat_reset_reference_bit() did instead check\nfor a potential concurrent splitting of the large page, but then\nhandled it incorrectly.\n\nFix by performing a READ_ONCE on the crste pointer, checking and using\nthe result, instead of dereferencing the pointer again. In case a race\nis detacted, try dat_entry_walk() again." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "arch/s390/kvm/gmap/dat.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "8e03e8316eb242af307d1c789d09f1a1457cf9a3", "lessThan": "c958f0498891203fddf2764b28f8b102c6bfd719", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "8e03e8316eb242af307d1c789d09f1a1457cf9a3", "lessThan": "27554b9505ddfc0aeab466aeb60929dfa17284c7", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "arch/s390/kvm/gmap/dat.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "7.0", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "7.0", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.2.9", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.0", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.9" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "7.0", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c958f0498891203fddf2764b28f8b102c6bfd719" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27554b9505ddfc0aeab466aeb60929dfa17284c7" } ], "title": "KVM: s390: Fix potential races in dat skey functions", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }