CVE-2026-98863 PUBLISHED

KVM: x86: Re-pend GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES if getting said pages fails

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: x86: Re-pend GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES if getting said pages fails

Re-pend GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES before exiting to userspace if getting the nested pages fails in the KVM_RUN path. If userspace re-runs the vCPU, and vmcs02 holds valid PFNs from the previous run of L2, then KVM could re-enter L2 with stale, unpinned PFNs mapped into e.g. the vAPIC page.

Note, both SVM and VMX (as of commit 11722439fb20 ("KVM: nVMX: Ensure KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES is cleared on VM-Exit") ensure the request is cleared on VM-Exit (including the "forced" case), i.e. there is no risk of double-mapping due to emulated VMLAUNCH/VMRESUME/VMRUN and the request trying to map the nested pages.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 671ddc700fd08b94967b1e2a937020e30c838609 to 525694a6021ec6c8f7ce1f38acdf2dd77698fec1 (excl.)
  • affected from 671ddc700fd08b94967b1e2a937020e30c838609 to 942192dbcd3a06695ef6b31cf10a41a21cf014d8 (excl.)
  • affected from 671ddc700fd08b94967b1e2a937020e30c838609 to 10180a277549339020b08000206092c07e0bff5a (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.4 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.4 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.56 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.10 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc5 to * (incl.)

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