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GHSA-5VRH-8J67-JVJ4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-09 15:32 – Updated: 2026-06-09 15:32

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: arm64: Reassign nested_mmus array behind mmu_lock

kvm->arch.nested_mmus[] is walked under kvm->mmu_lock, including from the MMU notifier path (kvm_unmap_gfn_range() -> kvm_nested_s2_unmap()), which can run at any time. kvm_vcpu_init_nested() reallocates the array and frees the old buffer while holding only kvm->arch.config_lock, so such a walker can reference the freed array.

Allocate the new array outside of mmu_lock, as the allocation can sleep. Under the lock, copy the existing entries, fix up the back pointers and reassign the array. Free the old buffer after dropping the lock, as kvfree() can sleep as well.

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CVE-2026-46317 (GCVE-0-2026-46317)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-09 11:52 – Updated: 2026-06-09 11:52

Title

KVM: arm64: Reassign nested_mmus array behind mmu_lock

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Reassign nested_mmus array behind mmu_lock kvm->arch.nested_mmus[] is walked under kvm->mmu_lock, including from the MMU notifier path (kvm_unmap_gfn_range() -> kvm_nested_s2_unmap()), which can run at any time. kvm_vcpu_init_nested() reallocates the array and frees the old buffer while holding only kvm->arch.config_lock, so such a walker can reference the freed array. Allocate the new array outside of mmu_lock, as the allocation can sleep. Under the lock, copy the existing entries, fix up the back pointers and reassign the array. Free the old buffer after dropping the lock, as kvfree() can sleep as well.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/918450ad6010df6ec…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4424dbcb06d68e34e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70543358fa08e0f7c…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 4f128f8e1aaac189f83d0f828bcdb2986d8d2e51 , < 918450ad6010df6ecd2efde12a1409e011da22d6 (git) Affected: 4f128f8e1aaac189f83d0f828bcdb2986d8d2e51 , < 4424dbcb06d68e34e51c019a5781a7dc00731971 (git) Affected: 4f128f8e1aaac189f83d0f828bcdb2986d8d2e51 , < 70543358fa08e0f7cebc3447c3b70fe97ad7aaa8 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.11 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.11 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.35 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.12 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1-rc7 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-5VRH-8J67-JVJ4

CVE-2026-46317 (GCVE-0-2026-46317)

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