KVM: nVMX: Put vmcs12 pages if nested VM-Enter fails due to invalid guest state (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.16 % · percentile 5 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Put vmcs12 pages if nested VM-Enter fails due to invalid guest state Put all vmcs12 pages if KVM synthesizes a nested VM-Exit due to invalid guest while emulating VMLAUNCH or VMRESUME. The invalid guest state path doesn't use nested_vmx_vmexit() as that API is intended to be used if and only if L2 is active, and the open coded equivalent neglects to put the vmcs12 pages. Failure to put the vmcs12 pages leaks any pinned pages (and/or mappings) if L1 retries VMLAUNCH/VMRESUME. Note, the !from_vmenter scenario doesn't suffer the same problem, as vmx_get_nested_state_pages() only gets/pins/maps the vmcs12 pages if L2 is active, i.e. if a "full" VM-Exit is guaranteed before KVM will retry getting vmcs12 pages.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c174eb76484786721ae9a104344b952acf0e2717
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7bf4f5b19965e4466040ad6b24919c1ed326a84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f42669f931a6f45e5918cf5e99989b9a6c65e655
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7996013b85687034d2e820cef94d6404192e3a3d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c87a087c20632d68920272173b5d7c47f9bcf70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f2312c422fd2695da772cecb30c69994b795964
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-54774
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-68081
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1333 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1255 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1202 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1164 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 96c66e87deeeb3cc78a3b82a1de8e365eec206c1 < c174eb76484786721ae9a104344b952acf0e2717 ; affected 96c66e87deeeb3cc78a3b82a1de8e365eec206c1 < a7bf4f5b19965e4466040ad6b24919c1ed326a84 ; affected 96c66e87deeeb3cc78a3b82a1de8e365eec206c1 < f42669f931a6f45e5918cf5e99989b9a6c65e655 ; affected 96c66e87deeeb3cc78a3b82a1de8e365eec206c1 < 7996013b85687034d2e820cef94d6404192e3a3d ; affected 96c66e87deeeb3cc78a3b82a1de8e365eec206c1 < 2c87a087c20632d68920272173b5d7c47f9bcf70 ; affected 96c66e87deeeb3cc78a3b82a1de8e365eec206c1 < 2f2312c422fd2695da772cecb30c69994b795964 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.2 ; unaffected 0 < 5.2 ; unaffected 6.1.191 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.160 ≤ 6.6.* ; unaffected 6.12.114 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.40 ≤ 6.18.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |