CVE-2026-52959
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
virt: sev-guest: Do not use host-controlled page order in cleanup path
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virt: sev-guest: Do not use host-controlled page order in cleanup path When issuing an extended guest request (SVM_VMGEXIT_EXT_GUEST_REQUEST), get_ext_report() allocates a buffer to retrieve a certificate blob from the host, keeping track of its size in report_req->certs_len. However, the host may return SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR_INVALID_LEN, indicating an invalid buffer size, as well as the expected length of such buffer. get_ext_report() subsequently updates report_req->certs_len with the host-controlled value, and cleans up the buffer by computing a page order from such value. This is incorrect, as the host-provided length may not match the page order of the original allocation, potentially resulting in corruption in the page allocator. Fix this by using alloc_pages_exact() instead, and reusing @npages to compute the size passed to free_pages_exact(). For consistency, also use @npages to compute the size when allocating the pages, even though this last change has no functional effect.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3e385c0d6ce88ac9916dcf84267bd5855d830748 | affected | git | 3f6fb0211b39aaa1b841260681dd02ca6b693ed5 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 3e385c0d6ce88ac9916dcf84267bd5855d830748 | affected | git | 9e48b4f813d2c3db75d522aa82ab705ce04b7e2d | Unavailable | None listed |
| 3e385c0d6ce88ac9916dcf84267bd5855d830748 | affected | git | 23e6a1ca04ae44806439a5a446e62e4d42e80bb4 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0b16521f95c875e79d657cb8d6911c15080dbb80 | affected | git | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.13.8 | affected | semver | 6.14 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.14 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.14 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.18.33 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.0.10 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.0.* | None listed |
| 7.1 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |