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CVE-2026-98433

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

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KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: fix secure device page leak on uv_page_in() failure

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: fix secure device page leak on uv_page_in() failure In kvmppc_svm_page_in(), if uv_page_in() fails after kvmppc_uvmem_get_page() has succeeded, the secure device page is never released. kvmppc_uvmem_get_page() sets a bit in kvmppc_uvmem_bitmap, allocates a kvmppc_uvmem_page_pvt struct, marks the GFN as KVMPPC_GFN_UVMEM_PFN, and calls zone_device_page_init() which sets refcount=1 and locks the page. The subsequent goto out_finalize skips the *mig.dst assignment, so migrate_vma_finalize() is a no-op for the page, and none of those resources are ever reclaimed. Each occurrence permanently consumes one entry from the firmware-bounded secure memory pool (kvmppc_uvmem_bitmap), leaks pvt, and leaves the GFN marked as secure — making it unusable for the lifetime of the VM. The twin __kvmppc_svm_page_out() already handles the analogous uv_page_out() failure correctly with unlock_page(dpage); __free_page(dpage). Apply the same pattern here: unlock_page() followed by put_page(), which chains through free_zone_device_folio() into kvmppc_uvmem_folio_free() to clear the bitmap bit, free pvt, and reset the GFN state. Reachable whenever uv_page_in() returns an error (e.g. UV pool exhaustion) on any POWER9/10 + Ultravisor/PEF system.

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
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54caffectedgited2f2ff63cb7e71204096e765c6d02c3b6974b95UnavailableNone listed
ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54caffectedgit8f3b7746874b39fc20e0363c9076c7787d4765baUnavailableNone listed
ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54caffectedgita933d7024359e2e566b07903d1294b84f90482aeUnavailableNone listed
ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54caffectedgitc41088b2765af1e97e7bb05f906ae1823eca0388UnavailableNone listed
ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54caffectedgitf3d4b2fc30c97cf8e6f8b880d2de9c17ecac7f5bUnavailableNone listed
ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54caffectedgitdfb84274932737e338ff5eb27f34b4c8ecb01b50UnavailableNone listed
ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54caffectedgitfcbff8008b0e08cd53b611bd0ff7e01f5b962f80UnavailableNone listed
ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54caffectedgit0a416ee20bcccddf91ca5b63696a23b9d11d73aaUnavailableNone 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)
5.5affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver5.5UnavailableNone listed
5.10.271unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.15.222unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.15.*None listed
6.1.189unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.6.158unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.6.*None listed
6.12.112unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.12.*None listed
6.18.54unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.18.*None listed
7.2.8unaffectedsemverUnavailable7.2.*None listed
7.3unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed