CVE-2026-64286 PUBLISHED

KVM: arm64: Clear __hyp_running_vcpu when flushing the pKVM hyp vCPU

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 19.07.2026 Published: 25.07.2026 Updated: 25.07.2026

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

KVM: arm64: Clear __hyp_running_vcpu when flushing the pKVM hyp vCPU

flush_hyp_vcpu() copies the host vCPU context into the hyp's private vCPU on every run. ctxt_to_vcpu() expects a guest context to have a NULL __hyp_running_vcpu, which is only ever set on the host context, so that it resolves the vCPU via container_of(). While this is generally the case, flush_hyp_vcpu() copies the context verbatim and does not enforce this, so a value provided by the host is dereferenced at EL2 (host -> EL2).

Fix by clearing __hyp_running_vcpu after the copy.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from be66e67f175096f283c9d5614c4991fc9e7ed975 to 477145860dba4c30f0b4e36f02f4c5291c1c888b (excl.)
  • affected from be66e67f175096f283c9d5614c4991fc9e7ed975 to dfaef40d8a1533940fc1af788d70fce07362b4ce (excl.)
  • affected from be66e67f175096f283c9d5614c4991fc9e7ed975 to 6bea2f8becdb20d34378493c3b77a9b9cf8c6cfa (excl.)
  • affected from be66e67f175096f283c9d5614c4991fc9e7ed975 to d4f4d61715d1061ba83b88196a3605662be30750 (excl.)
  • affected from be66e67f175096f283c9d5614c4991fc9e7ed975 to e8042f6e1d7befb2fb6b10a75918642bcd0acf9a (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.2 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.2 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.145 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.97 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.39 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.4 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc1 to * (incl.)

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