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CVE-2026-46131

KVM: x86: check for nEPT/nNPT in slow flush hypercalls PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: check for nEPT/nNPT in slow flush hypercalls Checking is_guest_mode(vcpu) is incorrect, because translate_nested_gpa() is only valid if an L2 guest is running *with nested EPT/NPT enabled*. Instead use the same condition as translate_nested_gpa() itself.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected aee738236dca0d0870789138ec494e15d6303566 before 971f17f5d91045404e3914029ea57c3da90179a4; affected aee738236dca0d0870789138ec494e15d6303566 before 45fc766bc756ff1d66f8ca026a9c4f7f764adfae; affected aee738236dca0d0870789138ec494e15d6303566 before d6f4e217d663ede5becc2fd6cb612c749677387b; affected aee738236dca0d0870789138ec494e15d6303566 before 4c7f8436b19a2a3acc0cb6b6e3becd6796ae5c57; affected aee738236dca0d0870789138ec494e15d6303566 before 464af6fc2b1dcc74005b7f58ee3812b17777efee
Linux / Linuxaffected 6.2; unaffected 0 before 6.2; unaffected 6.6.140 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.88 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.30 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.0.7 through 7.0.*; unaffected 7.1 through *

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

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