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diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/gmap.c b/arch/s390/mm/gmap.c
index dfe905c7bd8e..dc90d1eb0d55 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/gmap.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/gmap.c
@@ -2822,6 +2822,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(s390_unlist_old_asce);
* s390_replace_asce - Try to replace the current ASCE of a gmap with a copy
* @gmap: the gmap whose ASCE needs to be replaced
*
+ * If the ASCE is a SEGMENT type then this function will return -EINVAL,
+ * otherwise the pointers in the host_to_guest radix tree will keep pointing
+ * to the wrong pages, causing use-after-free and memory corruption.
* If the allocation of the new top level page table fails, the ASCE is not
* replaced.
* In any case, the old ASCE is always removed from the gmap CRST list.
@@ -2836,6 +2839,10 @@ int s390_replace_asce(struct gmap *gmap)
s390_unlist_old_asce(gmap);
+ /* Replacing segment type ASCEs would cause serious issues */
+ if ((gmap->asce & _ASCE_TYPE_MASK) == _ASCE_TYPE_SEGMENT)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT, CRST_ALLOC_ORDER);
if (!page)
return -ENOMEM;