arm64/boot: Disable trapping of PMZR_EL0 writes to EL2 (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-98546
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At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.20 % · percentile 10 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64/boot: Disable trapping of PMZR_EL0 writes to EL2 __init_el2_fgt2() writes one mask to both HDFGRTR2_EL2 and HDFGWTR2_EL2. PMZR_EL0 is write-only, so its trap bit, nPMZR_EL0, exists only in HDFGWTR2_EL2 and is therefore never set: a PMZR_EL0 write from the host traps to EL2, where the nVHE hypervisor has no handler and BUG()s. The kernel never writes PMZR_EL0, but kernel.perf_user_access=1 has the PMU driver set PMUSERENR_EL0.UEN for a task with a user-read event, so a write from EL0 reaches the trap and takes the host down without a panic message. Accumulate the HDFGWTR2_EL2 bits separately, as __init_el2_fgt() already does for HDFGWTR_EL2, and set nPMZR_EL0 with the other FEAT_PMUv3p9 bits.

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Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 686d8f7b592f3466f44aea653c8147611b351c83 < bb8c90c86441c090e9036f019cf1b4d7894a2c40 ; affected 858c7bfcb35e1100b58bb63c9f562d86e09418d9 < 071f51188a5d8ec10535541255587976d12fc7d8 ; affected 858c7bfcb35e1100b58bb63c9f562d86e09418d9 < ce71865bf43f88bed9d9218e9218e537150be506 ; affected 858c7bfcb35e1100b58bb63c9f562d86e09418d9 < 2bc6b218717b9d08f466f88209251d54bc09b207 ; affected 882f78400322c0aec4b641a7168adad9a66bc0c2 ; affected 6.12.25 < 6.12.112
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.15 ; unaffected 0 < 6.15 ; unaffected 6.12.112 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.55 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 7.2.9 ≤ 7.2.* ; unaffected 7.3 ≤ *

Sources

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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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