In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
s390/vfio_ccw: Selectively expand io_mutex
The io_mutex was defined to serialize the io_regions, but then has also sort of been associated with the I/O themselves because of the close relationship they share.
With the handful of races that are possible, the choices are either to: A) expand the scope of io_mutex to close these remaining windows, or B) reduce the scope of io_mutex to just io_region, and introduce a new lock mechanism for the remaining I/O resources
This patch implements A, since B brings with it a lot more interactions that would need to be tracked and kept in a correct hierarchy. It also takes advantage of the workqueue element for cp_free() that now gets called out of fsm_notoper(), which could be invoked out of an interrupt context and thus cannot acquire a mutex itself.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux-6.12Upgrade linux | Aug 27, 2026 | Aug 27, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Aug 31, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1036-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1036-nvidia-tegra-rt | Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Sep 15, 2026 | Aug 26, 2026 |
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