CVE-2026-46295 (GCVE-0-2026-46295)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-08 15:46
Modified
2026-06-14 18:07
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Do IRR scan in __kvm_apic_update_irr even if PIR is empty Fall back to apic_find_highest_vector() when PID.ON is set but PIR turns out to be empty, to correctly report the highest pending interrupt from the existing IRR. In a nested VM stress test, the following WARNING fires in vmx_check_nested_events() when kvm_cpu_has_interrupt() reports a pending interrupt but the subsequent kvm_apic_has_interrupt() (which invokes vmx_sync_pir_to_irr() again) returns -1: WARNING: CPU: 99 PID: 57767 at arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c:4449 vmx_check_nested_events+0x6bf/0x6e0 [kvm_intel] Call Trace: kvm_check_and_inject_events vcpu_enter_guest.constprop.0 vcpu_run kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run kvm_vcpu_ioctl __x64_sys_ioctl do_syscall_64 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe The root cause is a race between vmx_sync_pir_to_irr() on the target vCPU and __vmx_deliver_posted_interrupt() on a sender vCPU. The sender performs two individually-atomic operations that are not a single transaction: 1. pi_test_and_set_pir(vector) -- sets the PIR bit 2. pi_test_and_set_on() -- sets PID.ON The following interleaving triggers the bug: Sender vCPU (IPI): Target vCPU (1st sync_pir_to_irr): B1: set PIR[vector] A1: pi_clear_on() A2: pi_harvest_pir() -> sees B1 bit A3: xchg() -> consumes bit, PIR=0 (1st sync returns correct max_irr) B2: set PID.ON = 1 Target vCPU (2nd sync_pir_to_irr): C1: pi_test_on() -> TRUE (from B2) C2: pi_clear_on() -> ON=0 C3: pi_harvest_pir() -> PIR empty C4: *max_irr = -1, early return IRR NOT SCANNED The interrupt is not lost (it resides in the IRR from the first sync and is recovered on the next vcpu_enter_guest() iteration), but the incorrect max_irr causes a spurious WARNING and a wasted L2 VM-Enter/VM-Exit cycle.
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Version: b41f8638b9d30fbe045b4ef83ff4136c56a57397
Version: b41f8638b9d30fbe045b4ef83ff4136c56a57397
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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: x86: Do IRR scan in __kvm_apic_update_irr even if PIR is empty\n\nFall back to apic_find_highest_vector() when PID.ON is set but PIR\nturns out to be empty, to correctly report the highest pending interrupt\nfrom the existing IRR.\n\nIn a nested VM stress test, the following WARNING fires in\nvmx_check_nested_events() when kvm_cpu_has_interrupt() reports a pending\ninterrupt but the subsequent kvm_apic_has_interrupt() (which invokes\nvmx_sync_pir_to_irr() again) returns -1:\n\n  WARNING: CPU: 99 PID: 57767 at arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c:4449 vmx_check_nested_events+0x6bf/0x6e0 [kvm_intel]\n  Call Trace:\n   kvm_check_and_inject_events\n   vcpu_enter_guest.constprop.0\n   vcpu_run\n   kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run\n   kvm_vcpu_ioctl\n   __x64_sys_ioctl\n   do_syscall_64\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe\n\nThe root cause is a race between vmx_sync_pir_to_irr() on the target vCPU\nand __vmx_deliver_posted_interrupt() on a sender vCPU.  The sender\nperforms two individually-atomic operations that are not a single\ntransaction:\n\n  1. pi_test_and_set_pir(vector)  -- sets the PIR bit\n  2. pi_test_and_set_on()         -- sets PID.ON\n\nThe following interleaving triggers the bug:\n\n  Sender vCPU (IPI):              Target vCPU (1st sync_pir_to_irr):\n  B1: set PIR[vector]\n                                  A1: pi_clear_on()\n                                  A2: pi_harvest_pir() -\u003e sees B1 bit\n                                  A3: xchg() -\u003e consumes bit, PIR=0\n                                      (1st sync returns correct max_irr)\n  B2: set PID.ON = 1\n\n                                  Target vCPU (2nd sync_pir_to_irr):\n                                  C1: pi_test_on() -\u003e TRUE (from B2)\n                                  C2: pi_clear_on() -\u003e ON=0\n                                  C3: pi_harvest_pir() -\u003e PIR empty\n                                  C4: *max_irr = -1, early return\n                                      IRR NOT SCANNED\n\nThe interrupt is not lost (it resides in the IRR from the first sync and\nis recovered on the next vcpu_enter_guest() iteration), but the incorrect\nmax_irr causes a spurious WARNING and a wasted L2 VM-Enter/VM-Exit cycle."
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