CVE-2026-98465 PUBLISHED

RISC-V: KVM: Serialize IMSIC attributes with vCPU migration

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

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

RISC-V: KVM: Serialize IMSIC attributes with vCPU migration

KVM device ioctls are not serialized against KVM_RUN. As a result, kvm_riscv_aia_imsic_rw_attr() can snapshot the physical CPU and HGEI of an IMSIC VS-file before a concurrent vCPU migration releases it.

The HGEI can then be allocated to another vCPU before imsic_vsfile_rw() uses the stale tuple. A GET or SET attribute may consequently access the new owner's interrupt file.

Serialize the entire IMSIC attribute operation with the target vCPU mutex. This prevents the VS-file from being migrated and recycled until the attribute access completes. Acquire the mutex killably so that the device ioctl remains interruptible while waiting for KVM_RUN to finish.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from db8b7e97d6137a28b2bfc07e591d54da268f0c36 to a29c5d2dd2ef9a8617a9a6d5585696d5f149cd98 (excl.)
  • affected from db8b7e97d6137a28b2bfc07e591d54da268f0c36 to c525772c304c971b0d3a1f2898dedbae653efe90 (excl.)
  • affected from db8b7e97d6137a28b2bfc07e591d54da268f0c36 to 71acbea44e78665ea90e3c310fca6bbdcc0252db (excl.)
  • affected from db8b7e97d6137a28b2bfc07e591d54da268f0c36 to 8ae12ccaec6ec74945d8c1ef39f2c1b8df779abc (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.5 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.5 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.112 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.55 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.9 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc5 to * (incl.)

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