KVM: nVMX: Hide shadow VMCS right after VMCLEAR (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: Hide shadow VMCS right after VMCLEAR free_nested() frees the shadow VMCS while vmcs01 still points to it. But because it is asynchronous with respect to loaded_vmcs_clear(), the vCPU might migrate before the pointer is cleared and __loaded_vmcs_clear() may then execute VMCLEAR. The VMCS needs to stay attached until its explicit VMCLEAR completes, but then it can be hidden and the page safely freed.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-416 — Use After Free
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b82c3144d8264265448292ca406f60bafeba3b6f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f50e6aec16f69627dbad5704d1e90a255d766a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc3eecfa219ebc9d01eaf7d1abd1441efe884dab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af56298e9d86e6098cd1d2e155cb2949b7c45412
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/589419470030a89f16cf19300658b6dc644ca946
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8001d2ce9d9bd09118ce523aef595aa094573ae3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dabef6e206568bf9d9ade74f6e56a48ea35695d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/622ebfac01ba4f9c0060cebd41257fe46fc4a0b3
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-52603
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-64562
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-1288 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · 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-1231 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1203 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · 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
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1163 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1069 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1030 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 355f4fb1405ec29d0fac49b4d41fcd78cbd455d5 < b82c3144d8264265448292ca406f60bafeba3b6f ; affected 355f4fb1405ec29d0fac49b4d41fcd78cbd455d5 < 4f50e6aec16f69627dbad5704d1e90a255d766a7 ; affected 355f4fb1405ec29d0fac49b4d41fcd78cbd455d5 < dc3eecfa219ebc9d01eaf7d1abd1441efe884dab ; affected 355f4fb1405ec29d0fac49b4d41fcd78cbd455d5 < af56298e9d86e6098cd1d2e155cb2949b7c45412 ; affected 355f4fb1405ec29d0fac49b4d41fcd78cbd455d5 < 589419470030a89f16cf19300658b6dc644ca946 ; affected 355f4fb1405ec29d0fac49b4d41fcd78cbd455d5 < 8001d2ce9d9bd09118ce523aef595aa094573ae3 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 4.9 ; unaffected 0 < 4.9 ; unaffected 5.10.265 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.216 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.183 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.148 ≤ 6.6.* |
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 |