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CVE-2026-53116

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/ap: use generic driver_override infrastructure When the AP masks are updated via apmask_store() or aqmask_store(), ap_bus_revise_bindings() is called after ap_attr_mutex has been released. This calls __ap_revise_reserved(), which accesses the driver_override field without holding any lock, racing against a concurrent driver_override_store() that may free the old string, resulting in a potential UAF. Fix this by using the driver-core driver_override infrastructure, which protects all accesses with an internal spinlock. Note that unlike most other buses, the AP bus does not check driver_override in its match() callback; the override is checked in ap_device_probe() and __ap_revise_reserved() instead. Also note that we do not enable the driver_override feature of struct bus_type, as AP - in contrast to most other buses - passes "" to sysfs_emit() when the driver_override pointer is NULL. Thus, printing "\n" instead of "(null)\n". Additionally, AP has a custom counter that is modified in the corresponding custom driver_override_store().

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-53116
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-06-09 07:44 UTC
Published
2026-06-24 16:30 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-24 16:30 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux d38a87d7c0643db61e7a3bfc3ebeea2dc2568f7e < 8f2eca0570438b94602da1297353eb7b10dcb6cb, d38a87d7c0643db61e7a3bfc3ebeea2dc2568f7e < 81d6f7c3a70b10ff757ee8b5f8114a190871cf1e
Linux Linux 6.19, 0 < 6.19, 7.0.10 ≤ 7.0.*, 7.1 ≤ *
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