# CVE-2023-52639: KVM: s390: vsie: fix race during shadow creation

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-04-03 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: s390: vsie: fix race during shadow creation Right now it is possible to see gmap->private being zero in kvm_s390_vsie_gmap_notifier resulting in a crash. This is due to the fact that we add gmap->private == kvm after creation: static int acquire_gmap_shadow(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vsie_page *vsie_page) { [...] gmap = gmap_shadow(vcpu->arch.gmap, asce, edat); if (IS_ERR(gmap)) return PTR_ERR(gmap); gmap->private = vcpu->kvm; Let children inherit the private field of the parent.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5df3b81a567eb565029563f26f374ae3803a1dfc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5572c0323cf8b4f1f0618178648a25b8fb8a380
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28bb27824f25f36e5f80229a358d66ee09244082
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe752331d4b361d43cfd0b89534b4b2176057c32

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