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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-23425"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-04-03T13:24:33.384Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-05T12:21:39.120Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:02.025Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-23425"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-23425.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23425"
title: "KVM: arm64: Fix ID register initialization for non-protected pKVM guests"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: arm64: Fix ID register initialization for non-protected pKVM guests\n\nIn protected mode, the hypervisor maintains a separate instance of\nthe `kvm` structure for each VM. For non-protected VMs, this structure is\ninitialized from the host's `kvm` state.\n\nCurrently, `pkvm_init_features_from_host()` copies the\n`KVM_ARCH_FLAG_ID_REGS_INITIALIZED` flag from the host without the\nunderlying `id_regs` data being initialized. This results in the\nhypervisor seeing the flag as set while the ID registers remain zeroed.\n\nConsequently, `kvm_has_feat()` checks at EL2 fail (return 0) for\nnon-protected VMs. This breaks logic that relies on feature detection,\nsuch as `ctxt_has_tcrx()` for TCR2_EL1 support. As a result, certain\nsystem registers (e.g., TCR2_EL1, PIR_EL1, POR_EL1) are not\nsaved/restored during the world switch, which could lead to state\ncorruption.\n\nFix this by explicitly copying the ID registers from the host `kvm` to\nthe hypervisor `kvm` for non-protected VMs during initialization, since\nwe trust the host with its non-protected guests' features. Also ensure\n`KVM_ARCH_FLAG_ID_REGS_INITIALIZED` is cleared initially in\n`pkvm_init_features_from_host` so that `vm_copy_id_regs` can properly\ninitialize them and set the flag once done."
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