9.3

CVE-2026-72412

s390/mm: Fix handling of _PAGE_UNUSED pte bit

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

s390/mm: Fix handling of _PAGE_UNUSED pte bit

The _PAGE_UNUSED softbit should not really be lying around. Its sole
purpose is to signal to try_to_unmap_one() and try_to_migrate_one()
that the page can be discarded instead of being moved / swapped.

KVM has no way to know why a page is being unmapped, so it sets the bit
on userspace ptes corresponding to unused guest pages every time they
get unmapped. KVM has no reasonable way to clear the bit once the page
is in use again.

While set_ptes() checks and clears the bit, other paths that set new
ptes did not. This led to used pages being thrown out as if they were
unused, causing guest corruption.

Fix the issue by clearing the _PAGE_UNUSED bit for present ptes in
set_pte(), i.e. whenever a present pte is getting set. The check in
set_ptes() is then redundant and can be removed.

Also fix gmap_helper_try_set_pte_unused() to only set the bit if the
pte is present; the _PAGE_UNUSED bit is only defined for present ptes
and thus should not be set for non-present ptes.
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HerstellerLinux
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Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version c98175b7917fa81cd499b1527c4a57fd7d36711e
Version < fda07c8e4b54b9105f1ca73f0adea7b244d405f4
Status affected
Version c98175b7917fa81cd499b1527c4a57fd7d36711e
Version < d4bb00704a66024502261fa7a523c07420249fea
Status affected
HerstellerLinux
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Produkt Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version 7.0
Status affected
Version 0
Version < 7.0
Status unaffected
Version <= 7.1.*
Version 7.1.5
Status unaffected
Version <= *
Version 7.2
Status unaffected
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.18% 0.078
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 9.3 2.5 6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fda07c8e4b54b9105f1ca73f0adea7b244d405f4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4bb00704a66024502261fa7a523c07420249fea