CVE-2026-98714 PUBLISHED

KVM: SVM: Update control fields on #VMEXIT if and only if VMRUN succeeded

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

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

KVM: SVM: Update control fields on #VMEXIT if and only if VMRUN succeeded

Leave control.erap_ctl and control.clean as-is in the VMCS if VMRUN fails, because as per AMD:

there's no explicit architectural guarantee about the behavior in the presence of VMRUN failures. So the best thing to do would be to assume that if VMRUN fails, the actions requested in the control fields may not have been performed.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 8676b29d186fcb5c1251d8152fc91d19421e5600 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to e27fc915c8f575ab5630e27d97465c2077d4b9d1 (excl.)
  • affected from 0 to 7.2.10 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • unaffected from 7.2.10 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc6 to * (incl.)

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