Critical severity9.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 26, 2026· Updated Aug 27, 2026
CVE-2026-80554
CVE-2026-80554
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
s390/vfio_ccw: Limit the number of channel program segments
The processing of channel programs, and the CCWs within them, is done recursively. As such, there is an arbitrary (but not architectural) limit to the number of CCWs that can exist in a single channel program.
The vfio-ccw logic breaks these channel programs into segments whenever it encounters a Transfer-In-Channel (TIC) CCW, and the combined number of segments count towards the global limit. Impose an equivalent limit to the number of segments until such logic can be made non-recursive.
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/06f4d6e5a8af6c2072e8cd39dbc512c683ca7fb2nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/15fb4559a7fdf0b8725e433a71cfd03a1313a48bnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ee94790490ae8dcc97df8597f07836c8a81bbcfnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5405c90d6a47b3014e74ee0618a162449abbbc93nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1625f66eaa1200068a0e2c05bc90e65182fc4e3nvd
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