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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-98433" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-10-18T14:38:18.296Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:19:29.371Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z" 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-2026-98433" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98433.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98433" title: "KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: fix secure device page leak on uv_page_in() failure" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: PPC: Book3S HV: fix secure device page leak on uv_page_in() failure\n\nIn kvmppc_svm_page_in(), if uv_page_in() fails after\nkvmppc_uvmem_get_page() has succeeded, the secure device page is never\nreleased. kvmppc_uvmem_get_page() sets a bit in kvmppc_uvmem_bitmap,\nallocates a kvmppc_uvmem_page_pvt struct, marks the GFN as\nKVMPPC_GFN_UVMEM_PFN, and calls zone_device_page_init() which sets\nrefcount=1 and locks the page. The subsequent goto out_finalize skips\nthe *mig.dst assignment, so migrate_vma_finalize() is a no-op for the\npage, and none of those resources are ever reclaimed.\n\nEach occurrence permanently consumes one entry from the firmware-bounded\nsecure memory pool (kvmppc_uvmem_bitmap), leaks pvt, and leaves the GFN\nmarked as secure — making it unusable for the lifetime of the VM.\n\nThe twin __kvmppc_svm_page_out() already handles the analogous uv_page_out()\nfailure correctly with unlock_page(dpage); __free_page(dpage). Apply\nthe same pattern here: unlock_page() followed by put_page(), which\nchains through free_zone_device_folio() into kvmppc_uvmem_folio_free()\nto clear the bitmap bit, free pvt, and reset the GFN state.\n\nReachable whenever uv_page_in() returns an error (e.g. UV pool\nexhaustion) on any POWER9/10 + Ultravisor/PEF system." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ed2f2ff63cb7e71204096e765c6d02c3b6974b95"},{"version":"ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8f3b7746874b39fc20e0363c9076c7787d4765ba"},{"version":"ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a933d7024359e2e566b07903d1294b84f90482ae"},{"version":"ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c41088b2765af1e97e7bb05f906ae1823eca0388"},{"version":"ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f3d4b2fc30c97cf8e6f8b880d2de9c17ecac7f5b"},{"version":"ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dfb84274932737e338ff5eb27f34b4c8ecb01b50"},{"version":"ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fcbff8008b0e08cd53b611bd0ff7e01f5b962f80"},{"version":"ca9f4942670c37407bb109090eaf776ce2ccc54c","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0a416ee20bcccddf91ca5b63696a23b9d11d73aa"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.5","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"},{"version":"5.10.271","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.222","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.189","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.112","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.54","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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