Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/vfio-ap: fix potential use of uninitialized apm_filtered bitmap The DECLARE_BITMAP(apm_filtered, AP_DEVICES) macro allocates the bitmap on the stack without zero-initializing it. In vfio_ap_mdev_hot_plug_cfg(), the vfio_ap_mdev_filter_matrix() function is only called to initialize and populate apm_filtered if either filter_adapters or filter_domains is true. If the hot plug configuration change only adds control domains (meaning filter_cdoms is true, but filter_adapters and filter_domains are both false), vfio_ap_mdev_filter_matrix() is bypassed. Consequently, apm_filtered is passed to reset_queues_for_apids() with uninitialized stack garbage. This can cause reset_queues_for_apids() to interpret arbitrary stack garbage bits as valid APIDs to reset, potentially performing unintended guest hardware queue resets. Fix this by zero-initializing the apm_filtered bitmap at the beginning of vfio_ap_mdev_hot_plug_cfg() using bitmap_zero().
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09548edc6114f1eb1035b30795e893204ef45b85
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ba8a08f5f26ed59f356a6318bca3aa7cc0af3e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d554f2571e6b4db242593ba561efd6a6d1f99a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf09b9d7cd7890bc3a3b7eb63d5ece15f88bfde7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f73db632524320d2b93bc8534be8ea875053502d
FAQ
What is CVE-2026-93238?
CVE-2026-93238 is a documented vulnerability. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/vfio-ap: fix potential use of uninitialized apm_filtered bitmap The DECLARE_BITMAP(apm_filtered, AP_DEVICES) macro allocates ...
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Is there a patch for CVE-2026-93238?
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