CVE-2026-98863 (GCVE-0-2026-98863)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-18 15:51
Modified
2026-10-19 09:26
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VLAI Severity ?
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: x86: Re-pend GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES if getting said pages fails
Re-pend GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES before exiting to userspace if getting the
nested pages fails in the KVM_RUN path. If userspace re-runs the vCPU, and
vmcs02 holds valid PFNs from the *previous* run of L2, then KVM could
re-enter L2 with stale, unpinned PFNs mapped into e.g. the vAPIC page.
Note, both SVM and VMX (as of commit 11722439fb20 ("KVM: nVMX: Ensure
KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES is cleared on VM-Exit") ensure the request
is cleared on VM-Exit (including the "forced" case), i.e. there is no risk
of double-mapping due to emulated VMLAUNCH/VMRESUME/VMRUN *and* the request
trying to map the nested pages.
References
Impacted products
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