Bug 2555217 (CVE-2026-98863) - CVE-2026-98863 kernel: KVM: x86: Re-pend GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES if getting said pages fails
Summary: CVE-2026-98863 kernel: KVM: x86: Re-pend GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES if getting sa...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98863
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-10-18 16:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-24 06:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 16:02:32 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: x86: Re-pend GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES if getting said pages fails

Re-pend GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES before exiting to userspace if getting the
nested pages fails in the KVM_RUN path.  If userspace re-runs the vCPU, and
vmcs02 holds valid PFNs from the *previous* run of L2, then KVM could
re-enter L2 with stale, unpinned PFNs mapped into e.g. the vAPIC page.

Note, both SVM and VMX (as of commit 11722439fb20 ("KVM: nVMX: Ensure
KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES is cleared on VM-Exit") ensure the request
is cleared on VM-Exit (including the "forced" case), i.e. there is no risk
of double-mapping due to emulated VMLAUNCH/VMRESUME/VMRUN *and* the request
trying to map the nested pages.


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