Published Aug 26, 2026Sources checked Oct 28, 2026
8.8HIGHCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-80553 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 8.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
What to do next
Remediation and response
Microsoft Security Response Center guidance
Vendor revision: Oct 2, 2026
Release Notes
Vendor-listed releases
6.6.157.1-1
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2026-80553?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
s390/vfio_ccw: Cancel existing workqueues
The initialization of the io_work and crw_work workqueues begs the question of whether they should be un-initialized. Add the corresponding cleanup tags in _release_dev to ensure work isn't dispatched after the private struct is free'd.