Bug 2510894 (CVE-2026-64562) - CVE-2026-64562 kernel: KVM: nVMX: Hide shadow VMCS right after VMCLEAR
Summary: CVE-2026-64562 kernel: KVM: nVMX: Hide shadow VMCS right after VMCLEAR
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-64562
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-04 07:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-25 14:19 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-04 07:02:19 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: nVMX: Hide shadow VMCS right after VMCLEAR

free_nested() frees the shadow VMCS while vmcs01 still points to it. But
because it is asynchronous with respect to loaded_vmcs_clear(), the vCPU
might migrate before the pointer is cleared and __loaded_vmcs_clear()
may then execute VMCLEAR.

The VMCS needs to stay attached until its explicit VMCLEAR completes, but
then it can be hidden and the page safely freed.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-08-04 09:11:06 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026080404-CVE-2026-64562-8875@gregkh/T


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