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CVE-2026-46032

KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT If loading L1's CR3 fails on a nested #VMEXIT, nested_svm_vmexit() returns an error code that is ignored by most callers, and continues to run L1 with corrupted state. A sane recovery is not possible in this case, and HW behavior is to cause a shutdown. Inject a triple fault instead, and do not return early from nested_svm_vmexit(). Continue cleaning up the vCPU state (e.g. clear pending exceptions), to handle the failure as gracefully as possible. From the APM: Upon #VMEXIT, the processor performs the following actions in order to return to the host execution context: ... if (illegal host state loaded, or exception while loading host state) shutdown else execute first host instruction following the VMRUN Remove the return value of nested_svm_vmexit(), which is mostly unchecked anyway.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • d82aaef9c88aa27bce63751d6d6329920b1fe8da to < e6318570a9b4e137b0b744832b920b38bb069561affected
  • d82aaef9c88aa27bce63751d6d6329920b1fe8da to < 2e661773890e6ba6b16064fad961da3dd311be43affected
  • d82aaef9c88aa27bce63751d6d6329920b1fe8da to < af79992ecdb6817970d757fb5d853b8d9b55a0d6affected
  • d82aaef9c88aa27bce63751d6d6329920b1fe8da to < b0eb0a8959ac2b808eb11548d002fe1f9b5650ccaffected
  • d82aaef9c88aa27bce63751d6d6329920b1fe8da to < 9a738cf170a4a2332ea3a15e23ec65b5757fe4a1affected
  • d82aaef9c88aa27bce63751d6d6329920b1fe8da to < 5d291ef0585ed880ed4dd71ea1a5965e0a65fb53affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.9affected
  • 0 to < 5.9unaffected
  • 6.1.191 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.160 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.114 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.57 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.4 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

References