CVE-2026-53116

Technical Description

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

s390/ap: use generic driver_override infrastructure

When the AP masks are updated via apmask_store() or aqmask_store(),

ap_bus_revise_bindings() is called after ap_attr_mutex has been

released.

This calls __ap_revise_reserved(), which accesses the driver_override

field without holding any lock, racing against a concurrent

driver_override_store() that may free the old string, resulting in a

potential UAF.

Fix this by using the driver-core driver_override infrastructure, which

protects all accesses with an internal spinlock.

Note that unlike most other buses, the AP bus does not check

driver_override in its match() callback; the override is checked in

ap_device_probe() and __ap_revise_reserved() instead.

Also note that we do not enable the driver_override feature of struct

bus_type, as AP - in contrast to most other buses - passes "" to

sysfs_emit() when the driver_override pointer is NULL. Thus, printing

"\n" inst

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References