CVE-2026-89924
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: s390: Fix old_data leak in guest debug error path
__import_wp_info() allocates a per-watchpoint old_data buffer to back up the original guest memory contents. If a later watchpoint of the same KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG request fails to import, kvm_s390_import_bp_data() jumps to the error label, which frees the wp_info array but not the old_data buffers of the entries that were imported successfully. Up to MAX_BP_COUNT - 1 buffers of up to MAX_WP_SIZE bytes are leaked per failed request, and the request can be repeated.
Create error handling for cleaning up all created old_data memory areas.
CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.21%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 10
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/124c81ee610e1fbdd93d4399f88d9e28ba97a941
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4048d0a252163084794be3e37995b872c5178913
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46cb8a273e2f853f89a78b59dbdff8787b6e1c86
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fbf319137735252eefa507193c9a619af5b7457
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa9c8e8baf1e765fa65b93212522c636f25d846f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c85d402553987777cc4742751437ea5dcbf98a7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5ae7816e5ad145618f7fd568a0e8a94dd9f81f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f55e4d415d95342d5753e528e05a1e8623992c3f
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: s390: Fix old_data leak in guest debug error path\n\n__import_wp_info() allocates a per-watchpoint old_data buffer to back up\nthe original guest memory contents. If a later watchpoint of the same\nKVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG request fails to import, kvm_s390_import_bp_data()\njumps to the error label, which frees the wp_info array but not the\nold_data buffers of the entries that were imported successfully. Up to\nMAX_BP_COUNT - 1 buffers of up to MAX_WP_SIZE bytes are leaked per failed\nrequest, and the request can be repeated.\n\nCreate error handling for cleaning up all created old_data memory\nareas."
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