Bug 2562778 (CVE-2026-99168) - CVE-2026-99168 kernel: mshv_vtl: Check per-CPU register page before mmap
Summary: CVE-2026-99168 kernel: mshv_vtl: Check per-CPU register page before mmap
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-99168
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-10-28 11:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-28 21:16 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-28 11:07:14 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mshv_vtl: Check per-CPU register page before mmap

Register-page setup is optional for each CPU. If allocation or
registration fails, mshv_vtl_configure_reg_page() warns and leaves that
CPU's reg_page NULL, but initial context setup continues successfully.
Meanwhile, successful setup on another CPU sets the global
mshv_has_reg_page flag.

mshv_vtl_fault() checks this global flag before selecting the requested
CPU's register page. With mixed setup results across online CPUs, the
check passes even for a CPU with no register page, reaching
get_page(NULL) when userspace faults in that mapping.

Check the selected per-CPU register page before taking its reference and
return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS if it is absent.


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