CVE-2026-89917

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Handle VNCR TLB invalidation race with vcpu_put() VNCR unmapping While VNCR TLB invalidation always occurs under the MMU lock, vcpu_put() doesn't, while it unmaps the VNCR page. The problem is that the invalidation evaluates vncr_tlb::cpu to decide whether an unmapping needs to take place (cpu != -1) before performing it. On the other hand, this_cpu_reset_vncr_fixmap() unconditionally unmaps if L1_VNCR_MAPPED is set. These two obviously can race, with a TOCTOU pattern on the TLBI path, and a BUG_ON() on the vcpu_put() path. And the two can end-up calling vncr_fixmap(-1), with extra lethal effects. Move the reset of vncr_tlb::cpu to -1 to a common function, and make this update atomic so that only a single thread can reset the field and perform the corresponding unmap. The vcpu_put() still need to unconditionally unmap the current VNCR to close another ugly race. Finally, the assignment of vncr_tlb::cpu is moved to be kept in sync with the actual mapping, similar to L1_VNCR_MAPPED being set.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-09-16 11:17:00.763000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:18:37.207000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-89917",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:17:00.763",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:37.207",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: arm64: Handle VNCR TLB invalidation race with vcpu_put() VNCR unmapping\n\nWhile VNCR TLB invalidation always occurs under the MMU lock,\nvcpu_put() doesn't, while it unmaps the VNCR page.\n\nThe problem is that the invalidation evaluates vncr_tlb::cpu to\ndecide whether an unmapping needs to take place (cpu != -1) before\nperforming it. On the other hand, this_cpu_reset_vncr_fixmap()\nunconditionally unmaps if L1_VNCR_MAPPED is set.\n\nThese two obviously can race, with a TOCTOU pattern on the TLBI\npath, and a BUG_ON() on the vcpu_put() path. And the two can end-up\ncalling vncr_fixmap(-1), with extra lethal effects.\n\nMove the reset of vncr_tlb::cpu to -1 to a common function, and make\nthis update atomic so that only a single thread can reset the field\nand perform the corresponding unmap. The vcpu_put() still need to\nunconditionally unmap the current VNCR to close another ugly race.\n\nFinally, the assignment of vncr_tlb::cpu is moved to be kept in sync\nwith the actual mapping, similar to L1_VNCR_MAPPED being set."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
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