Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: s390: Free guest debug data on vcpu destroy
kvm_s390_clear_bp_data() is only called from kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(), i.e. when user space changes or disables debugging. A vCPU that is destroyed while hardware breakpoints are still armed - the normal case when the VMM just exits or crashes - leaks hw_bp_info, hw_wp_info and all old_data buffers, since generic KVM frees the vCPU right after kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy().
That is bounded by MAX_BP_COUNT entries, so roughly 8 KiB per vCPU, but it is unbounded over VM lifetimes. The allocations are GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT, so the charge also outlives the exiting process and pins dying memcgs.
Fix by clearing the debug data on vCPU destruction. Calling it unconditionally is fine: struct kvm_vcpu is zero allocated, so for a vCPU that never enabled debugging the counters are 0 and the pointers NULL.
Metrics
No CVSS score has been published yet.
Affected software
Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= 27291e2165b6de70c476b7b675308113edd69a60, < 053f2068cf9b0654b651fed5ad7649d3deb982bf; >= 27291e2165b6de70c476b7b675308113edd69a60, < 6c996b12bbe4a6023076e8eee3cfaf2cc99db76c; >= 27291e2165b6de70c476b7b675308113edd69a60, < d6280fc540d8f4653c9b54a78cb747e128070f5e; >= 27291e2165b6de70c476b7b675308113edd69a60, < 544a5a665019cef394ce8bda97fa7a2cab253781; >= 27291e2165b6de70c476b7b675308113edd69a60, < 9a32c4c6a6c23b7f5bf765eb5b83ba7f64a8ec63; >= 27291e2165b6de70c476b7b675308113edd69a60, < b5acacfdb8966abff91836c1c5bd7da59d8a526e; >= 27291e2165b6de70c476b7b675308113edd69a60, < e4d8b7f176b976474e0800ba71ee2dfa3ce263c9; >= 27291e2165b6de70c476b7b675308113edd69a60, < e7f698b09d4a7c36b299acf680fc50fe868e2bcd |
| Linux | Linux | 3.16 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/053f2068cf9b0654b651fed5ad7649d3deb982bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/544a5a665019cef394ce8bda97fa7a2cab253781
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c996b12bbe4a6023076e8eee3cfaf2cc99db76c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a32c4c6a6c23b7f5bf765eb5b83ba7f64a8ec63
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5acacfdb8966abff91836c1c5bd7da59d8a526e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6280fc540d8f4653c9b54a78cb747e128070f5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4d8b7f176b976474e0800ba71ee2dfa3ce263c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7f698b09d4a7c36b299acf680fc50fe868e2bcd
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 19, 2026
- NVD status
- Received