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CVE-2026-23425

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Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2026
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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KVM: arm64: Fix ID register initialization for non-protected pKVM guests

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Fix ID register initialization for non-protected pKVM guests In protected mode, the hypervisor maintains a separate instance of the `kvm` structure for each VM. For non-protected VMs, this structure is initialized from the host's `kvm` state. Currently, `pkvm_init_features_from_host()` copies the `KVM_ARCH_FLAG_ID_REGS_INITIALIZED` flag from the host without the underlying `id_regs` data being initialized. This results in the hypervisor seeing the flag as set while the ID registers remain zeroed. Consequently, `kvm_has_feat()` checks at EL2 fail (return 0) for non-protected VMs. This breaks logic that relies on feature detection, such as `ctxt_has_tcrx()` for TCR2_EL1 support. As a result, certain system registers (e.g., TCR2_EL1, PIR_EL1, POR_EL1) are not saved/restored during the world switch, which could lead to state corruption. Fix this by explicitly copying the ID registers from the host `kvm` to the hypervisor `kvm` for non-protected VMs during initialization, since we trust the host with its non-protected guests' features. Also ensure `KVM_ARCH_FLAG_ID_REGS_INITIALIZED` is cleared initially in `pkvm_init_features_from_host` so that `vm_copy_id_regs` can properly initialize them and set the flag once done.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

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Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90affectedgitbce3847f7c51b86332bf2e554c9e80ca3820f16cUnavailableNone listed
41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90affectedgit858620655c1fbff05997e162fc7d83a3293d5142UnavailableNone listed
41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90affectedgit7e7c2cf0024d89443a7af52e09e47b1fe634ab17UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
6.14affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver6.14UnavailableNone listed
6.18.17unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.18.*None listed
6.19.7unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.19.*None listed
7.0unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed