CVE-2026-98283
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)
KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: fix use-after-free in kvmhv_emulate_tlbie_all_lpid()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: fix use-after-free in kvmhv_emulate_tlbie_all_lpid() kvmhv_emulate_tlbie_all_lpid() iterates the nested-guest IDR and drops mmu_lock before calling kvmhv_emulate_tlbie_lpid(), but does not hold a reference on the kvm_nested_guest pointer obtained from the IDR. A concurrent vCPU issuing a single-LPID tlbie (is=2, ric=2) can race through kvmhv_flush_nested() -> kvmhv_remove_nested() -> idr_remove / --refcnt -> kvmhv_release_nested() -> kfree(gp) in that window, leaving the iterating vCPU with a dangling pointer. The subsequent mutex_lock(&gp->tlb_lock) and accesses to gp->shadow_pgtable, gp->shadow_lpid and gp->l1_host all touch freed memory. The free path is fully L1-controlled. Fix this by incrementing gp->refcnt inside the loop before dropping mmu_lock, mirroring what kvmhv_get_nested() does, and releasing the reference with kvmhv_put_nested() after the per-guest work completes. This is the same get/put discipline already used at every other call site that drops mmu_lock while holding a nested-guest pointer.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| e3b6b4661527e821ffbe3db83952fdb1e6e47c49 | affected | git | 4d8f7b1f586375df8bce23a0909566ad5e852259 | Unavailable | None listed |
| e3b6b4661527e821ffbe3db83952fdb1e6e47c49 | affected | git | e37fba1ba69385cff2d0e60b371ee19e7d1852d1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| e3b6b4661527e821ffbe3db83952fdb1e6e47c49 | affected | git | 24b634852413229bb8340d908b115c3365f3a247 | Unavailable | None listed |
| e3b6b4661527e821ffbe3db83952fdb1e6e47c49 | affected | git | fbf69b7d0555ee83c871f58750770f74b7179ad1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| e3b6b4661527e821ffbe3db83952fdb1e6e47c49 | affected | git | ec2d7a52b3996ae81131617b4afc0af31583c1b4 | Unavailable | None listed |
| e3b6b4661527e821ffbe3db83952fdb1e6e47c49 | affected | git | 51938dfa8a51a4f85328413fca9b6e21f9d2d088 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.20 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.20 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.1.189 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.158 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.112 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.54 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.2.8 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.2.* | None listed |
| 7.3 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |