A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel’s KVM module, which can lead to a denial of service in the x86_emulate_insn in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c. This flaw occurs while executing an illegal instruction in guest in the Intel CPU.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fee060cd52d69c114b62d1a2948ea9648b5131f9 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fee060cd52d69c114b62d1a2948ea9648b5131f9 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · linux, redhatNVD modified 2026-10-14 13:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 3
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2089815 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fee060cd52d69c114b62d1a2948ea9648b5131f9 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2089815 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fee060cd52d69c114b62d1a2948ea9648b5131f9 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html