In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Clear __hyp_running_vcpu when flushing the pKVM hyp vCPU flush_hyp_vcpu() copies the host vCPU context into the hyp's private vCPU on every run. ctxt_to_vcpu() expects a guest context to have a NULL __hyp_running_vcpu, which is only ever set on the host context, so that it resolves the vCPU via container_of(). While this is generally the case, flush_hyp_vcpu() copies the context verbatim and does not enforce this, so a value provided by the host is dereferenced at EL2 (host -> EL2). Fix by clearing __hyp_running_vcpu after the copy.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477145860dba4c30f0b4e36f02f4c5291c1c888b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bea2f8becdb20d34378493c3b77a9b9cf8c6cfa Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4f4d61715d1061ba83b88196a3605662be30750 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfaef40d8a1533940fc1af788d70fce07362b4ce Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8042f6e1d7befb2fb6b10a75918642bcd0acf9a Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 3
- CwesCWE-822NVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
- StatusAnalyzed → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
- First seenCVSS 8.2 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:19
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477145860dba4c30f0b4e36f02f4c5291c1c888b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bea2f8becdb20d34378493c3b77a9b9cf8c6cfa Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4f4d61715d1061ba83b88196a3605662be30750 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfaef40d8a1533940fc1af788d70fce07362b4ce Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8042f6e1d7befb2fb6b10a75918642bcd0acf9a Patch