CVE-2026-99258 PUBLISHED

x86/hyperv: Avoid using per-cpu output page in hv_apicid_to_vp_index()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 03.11.2026 Updated: 03.11.2026

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

x86/hyperv: Avoid using per-cpu output page in hv_apicid_to_vp_index()

hv_apicid_to_vp_index() currently uses the per-cpu hypercall input and output pages. This function is called when running in VTL2 and when running in an SEV-SNP CoCo VM with no paravisor. In the former case, the output page is allocated, but in the latter case it is not, so the hypervisor stores the output VP index in memory that has not been allocated by the guest.

Fix this by using the input page for both input and output. The hypercall has very small input and output, so sharing the same page for both is straightforward. An alternative fix is to allocate the per-cpu output page when running in an SEV-SNP CoCo guest, but this uses significantly more memory, particularly with larger vCPUs counts.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 3d12349ade541eefde0e71bf5c4aa7aa04c52a79 to bdba5f1b8bd0d18b1df61f769b559ed272902489 (excl.)
  • affected from 86c48271e0d60c82665e9fd61277002391efcef7 to 2b561786c9076a892ef8b8f416c9828bc87ed44f (excl.)
  • affected from 86c48271e0d60c82665e9fd61277002391efcef7 to bc8ca0f4769627ae7d04e7ffdbd20de4f27a9bf9 (excl.)
  • affected from 86c48271e0d60c82665e9fd61277002391efcef7 to 7b74c117e2aac78e0f723e1c9c3644451c56b0d9 (excl.)
  • Version cb002d6c8f06d6061e84b2109cb84416107a9fb9 is affected
  • affected from 6.12.41 to 6.12.115 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.15.3 to 6.16 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.16 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.16 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.115 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.59 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.13 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3 to * (incl.)

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