CVE-2026-89908

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: KVM: Preserve memslot arch flags on KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region() computes new->arch.flags, i.e. whether a memslot is KVM_MEM_HUGEPAGE_CAPABLE or KVM_MEM_HUGEPAGE_INCAPABLE, only for KVM_MR_CREATE and KVM_MR_MOVE, and returns early for every other change. But the generic code allocates a zeroed memslot for every change and never copies old->arch, so after a KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY update, e.g. toggling KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES for live migration, the active memslot has arch.flags == 0. With both flags clear, fault_supports_huge_mapping() falls through to the alignment check on the HVA range alone, which no longer verifies that the GPA and HVA have the same offset within a PMD. A memslot that was marked KVM_MEM_HUGEPAGE_INCAPABLE because of a GPA/HVA offset mismatch can then be mapped with PMD entries on read faults, and since kvm_map_page() aligns the gfn and the pfn independently, the guest ends up accessing the wrong host pages, exactly the "d -> f, e -> g" case described in the comment above the check. Carry the arch flags over from the old memslot for KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY, as the GPA, HVA and size are guaranteed to be unchanged for that case.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

8.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-16 11:16:59.807000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:18:36.230000

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:16:59.807",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:36.230",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nLoongArch: KVM: Preserve memslot arch flags on KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY\n\nkvm_arch_prepare_memory_region() computes new->arch.flags, i.e. whether\na memslot is KVM_MEM_HUGEPAGE_CAPABLE or KVM_MEM_HUGEPAGE_INCAPABLE,\nonly for KVM_MR_CREATE and KVM_MR_MOVE, and returns early for every\nother change. But the generic code allocates a zeroed memslot for every\nchange and never copies old->arch, so after a KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY update,\ne.g. toggling KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES for live migration, the active\nmemslot has arch.flags == 0.\n\nWith both flags clear, fault_supports_huge_mapping() falls through to\nthe alignment check on the HVA range alone, which no longer verifies\nthat the GPA and HVA have the same offset within a PMD. A memslot that\nwas marked KVM_MEM_HUGEPAGE_INCAPABLE because of a GPA/HVA offset\nmismatch can then be mapped with PMD entries on read faults, and since\nkvm_map_page() aligns the gfn and the pfn independently, the guest ends\nup accessing the wrong host pages, exactly the \"d -> f, e -> g\" case\ndescribed in the comment above the check.\n\nCarry the arch flags over from the old memslot for KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY,\nas the GPA, HVA and size are guaranteed to be unchanged for that case."
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