# CVE-2026-98653: KVM: s390: Fix \_gaccess\_shadow\_fault()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.9
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from e38c884df92119d96f652d51f82661dd2fc0b885, fixed in 94c43c7df46433ed4d1e18f13770b019ba977bd8; from e38c884df92119d96f652d51f82661dd2fc0b885, fixed in faff4c8ff3dbec6d71b89dd281a0d17c4478fa44
- Linux: 7.0
- Kernel (Linux): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.2.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: s390: Fix _gaccess_shadow_fault() In some circumstances, it is possible that the page of nested guest memory that is being shadowed is not present at all in the parent guest gmap. dat_entry_walk() will not find any leaf entry and return with -ENOENT, which will erroneously be propagated all the way to userspace. Fix by manually calling gmap_link() on the memory of the nested guest that is being shadowed if the mapping was not already present.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94c43c7df46433ed4d1e18f13770b019ba977bd8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faff4c8ff3dbec6d71b89dd281a0d17c4478fa44

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