CVE-2026-89932

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Always flush vpid02 on first use Make sure vpid02 is always flushed on first use by setting last_vpid=0 when allocating vpid02. nested_vmx_transition_tlb_flush() will always detect a VPID change on first VM-Enter after VMXON, because VPID=0 in vmcs12 is not allowed if L1 enables VPID. This avoids using stale TLB entries from a previous lifetime of the VPID, that might have been associated with a different vCPU (or a completely different VM). Note that last_vpid is already being initialized as 0 when the vCPU is created, but it is not reset when vpid02 is freed on VMXOFF. Hence, the problem can only occur if L1 does VMXOFF -> VMXON, runs an L2, and KVM happens to reuse a VPID that has TLB entries on the physical CPU.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

8.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-09-16 11:17:02.543000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:18:38.930000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-89932",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:17:02.543",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:38.930",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: nVMX: Always flush vpid02 on first use\n\nMake sure vpid02 is always flushed on first use by setting last_vpid=0\nwhen allocating vpid02.  nested_vmx_transition_tlb_flush() will always\ndetect a VPID change on first VM-Enter after VMXON, because VPID=0 in\nvmcs12 is not allowed if L1 enables VPID.\n\nThis avoids using stale TLB entries from a previous lifetime of the\nVPID, that might have been associated with a different vCPU (or a\ncompletely different VM).\n\nNote that last_vpid is already being initialized as 0 when the vCPU is\ncreated, but it is not reset when vpid02 is freed on VMXOFF. Hence, the\nproblem can only occur if L1 does VMXOFF -> VMXON, runs an L2, and KVM\nhappens to reuse a VPID that has TLB entries on the physical CPU."
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