KVM: s390: Take srcu when importing watchpoint data
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 6 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: Take srcu when importing watchpoint data __import_wp_info() backs up the original guest memory contents of a watchpoint with read_guest_abs(), which is kvm_read_guest() and therefore resolves the memslot via __kvm_memslots(). That requires kvm->srcu (or kvm->slots_lock) to be held, otherwise a concurrent memslot update can free the memslots array under us once its SRCU grace period has elapsed. As this is not fast path, following lock ordering (mutex first, then srcu) take the big hammer and hold the srcu for the full import.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 7.3
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 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89922
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x4qh-jwqp-j7jf
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6830fbc3724bf49c142aae69a4694f115fa9cedd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8e3a9997d5ecd56ebe4b262ff424516c068fecb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76f5b4ea9ed0aa5a34bda9d8a878f2c73026ec03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc710ee45395efb4937e042960f791d33924e5f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c05bf21d1806853e662cc19e744736a3408f155
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4e482def8533ebace517d9f67f1465841b1f982
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89922 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89922 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x4qh-jwqp-j7jf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89922 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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