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CVE-2026-46059

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nSVM: Always use NextRIP as vmcb02's NextRIP after first L2 VMRUN For guests with NRIPS disabled, L1 does not provide NextRIP when running an L2 with an injected soft interrupt, instead it advances the current RIP before running it. KVM uses the current RIP as the NextRIP in vmcb02 to emulate a CPU without NRIPS. However, after L2 runs the first time, NextRIP will be updated by the CPU and/or KVM, and the current RIP is no longer the correct value to use in vmcb02. Hence, after save/restore, use the current RIP if and only if a nested run is pending, otherwise use NextRIP. Give soft_int_next_rip the same treatment, as it's the same logic, just for a narrower use case. [sean: give soft_int_next_rip the same treatment]

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-05-27 14:17:25.650000
Last modified
2026-10-30 13:18:55.680000
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: nSVM: Always use NextRIP as vmcb02's NextRIP after first L2 VMRUN\n\nFor guests with NRIPS disabled, L1 does not provide NextRIP when running\nan L2 with an injected soft interrupt, instead it advances the current RIP\nbefore running it. KVM uses the current RIP as the NextRIP in vmcb02 to\nemulate a CPU without NRIPS.\n\nHowever, after L2 runs the first time, NextRIP will be updated by the CPU\nand/or KVM, and the current RIP is no longer the correct value to use in\nvmcb02.  Hence, after save/restore, use the current RIP if and only if a\nnested run is pending, otherwise use NextRIP.  Give soft_int_next_rip the\nsame treatment, as it's the same logic, just for a narrower use case.\n\n[sean: give soft_int_next_rip the same treatment]"
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