KVM: arm64: Fix ID register initialization for non-protected pKVM guests (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-23425
HIGH 8.8

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Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.12 % · centile 2 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
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Linux
Statut NVD
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Fix ID register initialization for non-protected pKVM guests In protected mode, the hypervisor maintains a separate instance of the `kvm` structure for each VM. For non-protected VMs, this structure is initialized from the host's `kvm` state. Currently, `pkvm_init_features_from_host()` copies the `KVM_ARCH_FLAG_ID_REGS_INITIALIZED` flag from the host without the underlying `id_regs` data being initialized. This results in the hypervisor seeing the flag as set while the ID registers remain zeroed. Consequently, `kvm_has_feat()` checks at EL2 fail (return 0) for non-protected VMs. This breaks logic that relies on feature detection, such as `ctxt_has_tcrx()` for TCR2_EL1 support. As a result, certain system registers (e.g., TCR2_EL1, PIR_EL1, POR_EL1) are not saved/restored during the world switch, which could lead to state corruption. Fix this by explicitly copying the ID registers from the host `kvm` to the hypervisor `kvm` for non-protected VMs during initialization, since we trust the host with its non-protected guests' features. Also ensure `KVM_ARCH_FLAG_ID_REGS_INITIALIZED` is cleared initially in `pkvm_init_features_from_host` so that `vm_copy_id_regs` can properly initialize them and set the flag once done.

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90 < bce3847f7c51b86332bf2e554c9e80ca3820f16c ; affected 41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90 < 858620655c1fbff05997e162fc7d83a3293d5142 ; affected 41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90 < 7e7c2cf0024d89443a7af52e09e47b1fe634ab17
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.14 ; unaffected 0 < 6.14 ; unaffected 6.18.17 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 6.19.7 ≤ 6.19.* ; unaffected 7.0 ≤ *

Sources

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EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD