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          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: arm64: nv: Drop bogus WARN for write to ZCR_EL2\n\nIt is entirely possible for a guest to write to the ZCR_EL2 sysreg alias\nwhile in a nested context, as it is expected if FEAT_NV2 is advertised\nto the L1 hypervisor.\n\nGet rid of the bogus WARN which, since the hyp vectors were installed at\nthis point, has the effect of a hyp_panic..."
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              "value": "AV:L - The flaw is reached when guest code in a nested KVM context executes an MSR/MRS to ZCR_EL2 that traps to EL2, traversing KVM_RUN \u2192 hyp fast-path kvm_hyp_handle_zcr_el2() \u2192 kvm_hyp_handle_fpsimd(); this requires local guest execution on an arm64 VHE KVM host, not remote network input.\nAC:L - On arm64 VHE hosts with nested virtualization (FEAT_NV2) and SVE enabled, a tenant guest in nested context (L1 non-hyp or L2) can deterministically issue the ZCR_EL2 access that hits the bogus WARN; the attacker controls the trap timing and FP/SVE lazy-switch preconditions without uncontrollable host races.\nPR:N - No host root or init-namespace capabilities are required\u2014exploitation needs only code execution inside an assigned KVM guest with nested virtualization and SVE enabled (typical nested-virt ARM cloud tenant), not privileged access on the physical host itself.\nUI:N - No victim user or administrator action is required beyond the attacker operating their own nested/SVE-enabled guest workload; triggering is fully automated via a single guest MSR to ZCR_EL2 that traps into the hypervisor fast path.\nS:C - A guest-triggered WARN in EL2 hypervisor code escalates to hyp_panic(), crashing the host kernel and denying all co-resident VMs\u2014crossing the guest-to-host KVM virtualization security boundary even though exploitation is denial-of-service rather than memory corruption.\nC:N - The failure mode is WARN_ON_ONCE \u2192 hyp_panic with no out-of-bounds access, use-after-free, or memory corruption; it is a deterministic hypervisor assertion panic without an information disclosure or memory-read primitive.\nI:N - No guest-controlled kernel memory write or control-flow hijack occurs; the bogus WARN aborts via hyp_panic before any exploitable state mutation beyond crashing the host, and the removed check was incorrectly rejecting a legitimate nested ZCR_EL2 write path.\nA:H - WARN_ON_ONCE in EL2 with hyp vectors installed invokes hyp_panic() and host panic(), immediately denying availability of the hypervisor and every VM on the affected arm64 KVM host; the attack is repeatable on each ZCR_EL2 trap while nested virt and SVE remain enabled."
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