Bug 2512739 (CVE-2026-68081) - CVE-2026-68081 kernel: KVM: nVMX: Put vmcs12 pages if nested VM-Enter fails due to invalid guest state
Summary: CVE-2026-68081 kernel: KVM: nVMX: Put vmcs12 pages if nested VM-Enter fails d...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68081
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-08 09:41 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-14 18:16 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-08 09:41:12 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: nVMX: Put vmcs12 pages if nested VM-Enter fails due to invalid guest state

Put all vmcs12 pages if KVM synthesizes a nested VM-Exit due to invalid
guest while emulating VMLAUNCH or VMRESUME.  The invalid guest state path
doesn't use nested_vmx_vmexit() as that API is intended to be used if and
only if L2 is active, and the open coded equivalent neglects to put the
vmcs12 pages.  Failure to put the vmcs12 pages leaks any pinned pages
(and/or mappings) if L1 retries VMLAUNCH/VMRESUME.

Note, the !from_vmenter scenario doesn't suffer the same problem, as
vmx_get_nested_state_pages() only gets/pins/maps the vmcs12 pages if L2 is
active, i.e. if a "full" VM-Exit is guaranteed before KVM will retry
getting vmcs12 pages.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-10 20:48:29 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026080832-CVE-2026-68081-ee6a@gregkh/T


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