# CVE-2026-89919: KVM: s390: keyop: use mmu\_lock to read gmap-\>asce

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.5
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 0ee4ddc1647b8b3b9e7a94d798a1774a764428c1, fixed in ae452b990e0544425f77045351c56e77158858e7; from 0ee4ddc1647b8b3b9e7a94d798a1774a764428c1, fixed in da07a751efa4583385f9f0f47113549fe8871242
- Linux: 7.0
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.2.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: s390: keyop: use mmu_lock to read gmap->asce Every other dat_* consumer in this file (kvm_s390_get_skeys, set_skeys, get_cmma_bits, set_cmma_bits, MEM_CLR_CMMA, kvm_s390_fixup_prefix, kvm_test_age_gfn, kvm_age_gfn) reads kvm->arch.gmap->asce *inside* the mmu_lock read-side. keyop is the only outlier. gmap->asce is mutated under write_lock(mmu_lock) by gmap_set_limit() and keyop might use a stale asce value for walking as KVM_S390_KEYOP and KVM_S390_VM_MEM_LIMIT_SIZE can run concurrently. This can result in memory corruption.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae452b990e0544425f77045351c56e77158858e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da07a751efa4583385f9f0f47113549fe8871242

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