Bug 2365271 (CVE-2025-37849) - CVE-2025-37849 kernel: KVM: arm64: Tear down vGIC on failed vCPU creation
Summary: CVE-2025-37849 kernel: KVM: arm64: Tear down vGIC on failed vCPU creation
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-37849
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2025-05-09 07:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-03-09 06:44 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:0804 0 None None None 2026-01-19 13:14:55 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:0917 0 None None None 2026-01-21 09:39:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:1441 0 None None None 2026-01-28 00:29:09 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:1443 0 None None None 2026-01-28 00:23:06 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:1494 0 None None None 2026-01-28 15:08:04 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:1495 0 None None None 2026-01-28 15:04:19 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-09 07:02:44 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: arm64: Tear down vGIC on failed vCPU creation

If kvm_arch_vcpu_create() fails to share the vCPU page with the
hypervisor, we propagate the error back to the ioctl but leave the
vGIC vCPU data initialised. Note only does this leak the corresponding
memory when the vCPU is destroyed but it can also lead to use-after-free
if the redistributor device handling tries to walk into the vCPU.

Add the missing cleanup to kvm_arch_vcpu_create(), ensuring that the
vGIC vCPU structures are destroyed on error.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-19 13:14:54 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:0804 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0804

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-21 09:39:39 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:0917 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:0917

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-28 00:23:05 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:1443 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1443

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-28 00:29:08 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:1441 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1441

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-28 15:04:17 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:1495 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1495

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2026-01-28 15:08:03 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Via RHSA-2026:1494 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1494


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