CVE-2026-64369: s390: Revert support for DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS

Published Jul 25, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390: Revert support for DCACHEWORDACCESS

loadunalignedzeropad() reads eight bytes from unaligned addresses and may cross page boundaries. It handles exceptions which may happen if reading from the second page results in an exception.

For pages which are donated to the Ultravisor for secure execution purposes the dosecurestorageaccess() exception handler however does not handle such exceptions correctly. Such an exception may result in an endless exception loop which will never be resolved.

An attempt to fix this [1] turned out to be not sufficient. For now revert loadunalignedzeropad() until this problem has been resolved in a proper way.

Note that the implementation of loadunalignedzeropad() itself is correct. The revert is just a temporary workaround until there is complete fix for secure storage access exceptions.

[1] commit b00be77302d7 ("s390/mm: Add missing secure storage access fixups for donated memory")

Affected Software

4 affected components
Linux Linux kernel
Linux Linux kernel>=6.7<6.12.97
Linux Linux kernel>=6.13<6.18.39
Linux Linux kernel>=6.19<7.1.4

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade to a fixed release to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch b00be77302d7

Event History

Jul 25, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:50 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:50 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·10:17 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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