CVE-2026-43133 PUBLISHED

KVM: nSVM: Always use vmcb01 in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 06.05.2026 Updated: 06.05.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: nSVM: Always use vmcb01 in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation

Commit cc3ed80ae69f ("KVM: nSVM: always use vmcb01 to for vmsave/vmload of guest state") made KVM always use vmcb01 for the fields controlled by VMSAVE/VMLOAD, but it missed updating the VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation code to always use vmcb01.

As a result, if VMSAVE/VMLOAD is executed by an L2 guest and is not intercepted by L1, KVM will mistakenly use vmcb02. Always use vmcb01 instead of the current VMCB.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from cc3ed80ae69f454c3d904af9f65394a540099723 to 10063e1251c1485034a018236080792ad083dcc5 (excl.)
  • affected from cc3ed80ae69f454c3d904af9f65394a540099723 to c3b7015000988ba35ecd5648f4b2283960f00543 (excl.)
  • affected from cc3ed80ae69f454c3d904af9f65394a540099723 to 3880e331b0b31d0d5d3702b124f6c93539cd478a (excl.)
  • affected from cc3ed80ae69f454c3d904af9f65394a540099723 to fce2fd4a2ca05670a91015aacccf96a1c26268fd (excl.)
  • affected from cc3ed80ae69f454c3d904af9f65394a540099723 to d464cf1ed900d47c85393d40b00017b6adfc2e6c (excl.)
  • affected from cc3ed80ae69f454c3d904af9f65394a540099723 to 0004ecb798b30e90d7ebfe74efae2d9423315a64 (excl.)
  • affected from cc3ed80ae69f454c3d904af9f65394a540099723 to 127ccae2c185f62e6ecb4bf24f9cb307e9b9c619 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.13 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.13 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.202 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.165 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.128 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.75 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.16 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.6 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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