KVM: s390: pci: Fix NULL dereference on AIBV allocation failure
Priority MEDIUM 41Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: s390: pci: Fix NULL dereference on AIBV allocation failure The airq_iv_create() can return NULL on failure, but the return value was never checked. If it fails, zdev->aibv will be NULL and fail when dereferenced in kvm_zpci_set_airq(). Add a NULL check and free the previously allocated AISB bit and zdev->aisb on failure.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00142 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.103 +3Red Hat: 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.103, 6.18.44, 7.1.8, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80684
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q4fh-xh4r-x3xp
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-18 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96099486b63985801c9c6ef22505e9aa635b2d20
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a95abe964400771ad82b027d7b84a0d183cd0db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df947d85e164a50a29d43a96e814f69ab1d0f7ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e137d082325bbcae780087b57501d38585e625d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1a103dc9016c25e7423ce5841a5cc2df76d59f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bf09b9b7d3232806df95f409581f8a9fd99a3fa
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80684 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80684 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q4fh-xh4r-x3xp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80684 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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