FKIE_CVE-2026-89932
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-16 11:17 - Updated: 2026-09-17 10:17
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: nVMX: Always flush vpid02 on first use
Make sure vpid02 is always flushed on first use by setting last_vpid=0
when allocating vpid02. nested_vmx_transition_tlb_flush() will always
detect a VPID change on first VM-Enter after VMXON, because VPID=0 in
vmcs12 is not allowed if L1 enables VPID.
This avoids using stale TLB entries from a previous lifetime of the
VPID, that might have been associated with a different vCPU (or a
completely different VM).
Note that last_vpid is already being initialized as 0 when the vCPU is
created, but it is not reset when vpid02 is freed on VMXOFF. Hence, the
problem can only occur if L1 does VMXOFF -> VMXON, runs an L2, and KVM
happens to reuse a VPID that has TLB entries on the physical CPU.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
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"lessThan": "26de0d2d9a8d14c03e5ebb25fd68b5bfcd5ac366",
"status": "affected",
"version": "5c614b3583e7b6dab0c86356fa36c2bcbb8322a0",
"versionType": "git"
},
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"status": "affected",
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"versionType": "git"
},
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"versionType": "git"
},
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"versionType": "git"
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"versionType": "git"
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"status": "affected",
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"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "4.4"
},
{
"lessThan": "4.4",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.15.221",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.188",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6.157",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.110",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.51",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2.5",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.3-rc1",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: nVMX: Always flush vpid02 on first use\n\nMake sure vpid02 is always flushed on first use by setting last_vpid=0\nwhen allocating vpid02. nested_vmx_transition_tlb_flush() will always\ndetect a VPID change on first VM-Enter after VMXON, because VPID=0 in\nvmcs12 is not allowed if L1 enables VPID.\n\nThis avoids using stale TLB entries from a previous lifetime of the\nVPID, that might have been associated with a different vCPU (or a\ncompletely different VM).\n\nNote that last_vpid is already being initialized as 0 when the vCPU is\ncreated, but it is not reset when vpid02 is freed on VMXOFF. Hence, the\nproblem can only occur if L1 does VMXOFF -\u003e VMXON, runs an L2, and KVM\nhappens to reuse a VPID that has TLB entries on the physical CPU."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-89932",
"lastModified": "2026-09-17T10:17:05.073",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "LOCAL",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 8.8,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"scope": "CHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.0,
"impactScore": 6.0,
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2026-09-16T11:17:02.543",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/121991d150735f3c0f7401678ce4d35c5b4ac898"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22dfcc22c95e91295119a1c3b469816ce44c4804"
},
{
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26de0d2d9a8d14c03e5ebb25fd68b5bfcd5ac366"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62604376c313178811375f40a282fc2a46cd2311"
},
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"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b98d662ab24f34710a56e03bc9169e4a5508606"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc609999ec223089fec8d74c7de27d689606b36"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0772389413dce9657c7d6950abf3edbbd511356"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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