Bug 2482033 (CVE-2026-46032) - CVE-2026-46032 kernel: KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT
Summary: CVE-2026-46032 kernel: KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on n...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-46032
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-27 15:08 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-27 20:04 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-27 15:08:01 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT

If loading L1's CR3 fails on a nested #VMEXIT, nested_svm_vmexit()
returns an error code that is ignored by most callers, and continues to
run L1 with corrupted state. A sane recovery is not possible in this
case, and HW behavior is to cause a shutdown. Inject a triple fault
instead, and do not return early from nested_svm_vmexit(). Continue
cleaning up the vCPU state (e.g. clear pending exceptions), to handle
the failure as gracefully as possible.

From the APM:

  Upon #VMEXIT, the processor performs the following actions in order to
  return to the host execution context:

  ...

  if (illegal host state loaded, or exception while loading host state)
      shutdown
  else
      execute first host instruction following the VMRUN

Remove the return value of nested_svm_vmexit(), which is mostly
unchecked anyway.


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