GHSA-42GQ-4MC2-P2HW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-27 06:31 – Updated: 2026-08-27 06:31In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
s390/vfio_ccw: Limit the number of channel program segments
The processing of channel programs, and the CCWs within them, is done recursively. As such, there is an arbitrary (but not architectural) limit to the number of CCWs that can exist in a single channel program.
The vfio-ccw logic breaks these channel programs into segments whenever it encounters a Transfer-In-Channel (TIC) CCW, and the combined number of segments count towards the global limit. Impose an equivalent limit to the number of segments until such logic can be made non-recursive.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-80554"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-26T15:17:09Z",
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ns390/vfio_ccw: Limit the number of channel program segments\n\nThe processing of channel programs, and the CCWs within them, is done\nrecursively. As such, there is an arbitrary (but not architectural)\nlimit to the number of CCWs that can exist in a single channel program.\n\nThe vfio-ccw logic breaks these channel programs into segments whenever\nit encounters a Transfer-In-Channel (TIC) CCW, and the combined number\nof segments count towards the global limit. Impose an equivalent limit\nto the number of segments until such logic can be made non-recursive.",
"id": "GHSA-42gq-4mc2-p2hw",
"modified": "2026-08-27T06:31:32Z",
"published": "2026-08-27T06:31:32Z",
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