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

s390/idle: mark arch_cpu_idle() noinstr

linux-next commit ("cpuidle: tracing: Warn about !rcu_is_watching()")
adds a new warning which hits on s390's arch_cpu_idle() function:

RCU not on for: arch_cpu_idle+0x0/0x28
WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at include/linux/trace_recursion.h:162 arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x24c/0x258
Modules linked in:
CPU: 2 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/2 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc6-next-20230202 #4
Hardware name: IBM 8561 T01 703 (z/VM 7.3.0)
Krnl PSW : 0404d00180000000 00000000002b55c0 (arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x250/0x258)
R:0 T:1 IO:0 EX:0 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:1 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
Krnl GPRS: c0000000ffffbfff 0000000080000002 0000000000000026 0000000000000000
0000037ffffe3a28 0000037ffffe3a20 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
0000000000000000 0000000000f4acf6 00000000001044f0 0000037ffffe3cb0
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000002b55bc 0000037ffffe3bb8
Krnl Code: 00000000002b55b0: c02000840051 larl %r2,0000000001335652
00000000002b55b6: c0e5fff512d1 brasl %r14,0000000000157b58
#00000000002b55bc: af000000 mc 0,0
>00000000002b55c0: a7f4ffe7 brc 15,00000000002b558e
00000000002b55c4: 0707 bcr 0,%r7
00000000002b55c6: 0707 bcr 0,%r7
00000000002b55c8: eb6ff0480024 stmg %r6,%r15,72(%r15)
00000000002b55ce: b90400ef lgr %r14,%r15
Call Trace:
[<00000000002b55c0>] arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x250/0x258
([<00000000002b55bc>] arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x24c/0x258)
[<0000000000f5f0fc>] ftrace_common+0x1c/0x20
[<00000000001044f6>] arch_cpu_idle+0x6/0x28
[<0000000000f4acf6>] default_idle_call+0x76/0x128
[<00000000001cc374>] do_idle+0xf4/0x1b0
[<00000000001cc6ce>] cpu_startup_entry+0x36/0x40
[<0000000000119d00>] smp_start_secondary+0x140/0x150
[<0000000000f5d2ae>] restart_int_handler+0x6e/0x90

Mark arch_cpu_idle() noinstr like all other architectures with
CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR (should) have it to fix this.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00026.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
1098582a0f6c4e8fd28da0a6305f9233d02c9c1d affected < 49aa49952116b8fd56bfb1e8c69bce179f49bece
1098582a0f6c4e8fd28da0a6305f9233d02c9c1d affected < 611c390217106c46e24e1af3db83187339d447ea
1098582a0f6c4e8fd28da0a6305f9233d02c9c1d affected < fc60c4f12d8a056f20d8f4d0086a36c68ffa9fdc
1098582a0f6c4e8fd28da0a6305f9233d02c9c1d affected < a9cbc1b471d291c865907542394f1c483b93a811
788621afda4101ca0fae48de424040cda78193fe affected —
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.9 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.9
5.15.99 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.1.16 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.2.3 unaffected ≤ 6.2.*
6.3 unaffected ≤ *

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/idle: mark arch_cpu_idle() noinstr linux-next commit ("cpuidle: tracing: Warn about !rcu_is_watching()") adds a new warning which hits on s390's arch_cpu_idle() function: RCU not on for: arch_cpu_idle+0x0/0x28 WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 0 at include/linux/trace_recursion.h:162 arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x24c/0x258 Modules linked in: CPU: 2 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/2 Not tainted 6.2.0-rc6-next-20230202 #4 Hardware name: IBM 8561 T01 703 (z/VM 7.3.0) Krnl PSW : 0404d00180000000 00000000002b55c0 (arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x250/0x258) R:0 T:1 IO:0 EX:0 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:1 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3 Krnl GPRS: c0000000ffffbfff 0000000080000002 0000000000000026 0000000000000000 0000037ffffe3a28 0000037ffffe3a20 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000f4acf6 00000000001044f0 0000037ffffe3cb0 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000002b55bc 0000037ffffe3bb8 Krnl Code: 00000000002b55b0: c02000840051 larl %r2,0000000001335652 00000000002b55b6: c0e5fff512d1 brasl %r14,0000000000157b58 #00000000002b55bc: af000000 mc 0,0 >00000000002b55c0: a7f4ffe7 brc 15,00000000002b558e 00000000002b55c4: 0707 bcr 0,%r7 00000000002b55c6: 0707 bcr 0,%r7 00000000002b55c8: eb6ff0480024 stmg %r6,%r15,72(%r15) 00000000002b55ce: b90400ef lgr %r14,%r15 Call Trace: [<00000000002b55c0>] arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x250/0x258 ([<00000000002b55bc>] arch_ftrace_ops_list_func+0x24c/0x258) [<0000000000f5f0fc>] ftrace_common+0x1c/0x20 [<00000000001044f6>] arch_cpu_idle+0x6/0x28 [<0000000000f4acf6>] default_idle_call+0x76/0x128 [<00000000001cc374>] do_idle+0xf4/0x1b0 [<00000000001cc6ce>] cpu_startup_entry+0x36/0x40 [<0000000000119d00>] smp_start_secondary+0x140/0x150 [<0000000000f5d2ae>] restart_int_handler+0x6e/0x90 Mark arch_cpu_idle() noinstr like all other architectures with CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR (should) have it to fix this.
Title s390/idle: mark arch_cpu_idle() noinstr
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-05T10:33:05.193Z

Reserved: 2025-12-09T01:27:17.828Z

Link: CVE-2023-53859

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-09T16:17:26.630

Modified: 2025-12-09T18:37:13.640

Link: CVE-2023-53859

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-53859 - Bugzilla

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