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CVE-2026-89931

KVM: nVMX: Ensure KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES is cleared on VM-Exit PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Ensure KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES is cleared on VM-Exit Always check and clear KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES when emulating a nested VM-Exit to ensure the request is cleared, even when KVM was built with CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV=n, as KVM subtly relies on the "check" to clear the flag and thus avoid double-mapping the vmcs12 pages, e.g. if KVM manages to bail from VM-Enter without processing the request, and then emulates VMLAUNCH or VMRESUME.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected b4f69df0f65e97fec439130a0d0a8b9c7cc02df2 before ae190f2439ca30067927077bf570d4c5edf07a0f; affected b4f69df0f65e97fec439130a0d0a8b9c7cc02df2 before 674a3244f07f323f21a106a7bdcaebb6db6a5058; affected b4f69df0f65e97fec439130a0d0a8b9c7cc02df2 before bbec4adc2f340d85f4a77a9ddcddaa6b1f4639c5; affected b4f69df0f65e97fec439130a0d0a8b9c7cc02df2 before 11722439fb206c88e6f31be54173efa9880b4ccb
Linux / Linuxaffected 6.8; unaffected 0 before 6.8; unaffected 6.12.110 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.51 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.2.5 through 7.2.*; unaffected 7.3 through *

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

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