CVE-2026-98877
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/gic-v4: Don't advertise VLPIs if no ITS is probed When accidentally setting “kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=1” on a system that has no MSI controller device tree node and GICv4, it results a panic as “gic_domain” is NULL and the kernel attempts to access it. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000028 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000096000006 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 295 Comm: lkvm-static Not tainted 7.1.0-rc4-ge3f15ad3970e #5 PREEMPT Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) pstate: 81402005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : __irq_domain_instantiate+0x1d4/0x578 lr : __irq_domain_instantiate+0x1cc/0x578 Set vLPI support to false at init time if the host has no ITS, so it propagates properly to kvm_vgic_global_state.has_gicv4.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-10-23 12:18:21.203000
Last modified
2026-10-26 07:17:12.160000
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"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"published": "2026-10-23T12:18:21.203",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T07:17:12.160",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nirqchip/gic-v4: Don't advertise VLPIs if no ITS is probed\n\nWhen accidentally setting “kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=1” on a system that has\nno MSI controller device tree node and GICv4, it results a panic as\n“gic_domain” is NULL and the kernel attempts to access it.\n\n Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000028\n Mem abort info:\n ESR = 0x0000000096000006\n\n CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 295 Comm: lkvm-static Not tainted 7.1.0-rc4-ge3f15ad3970e #5 PREEMPT\n Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)\n pstate: 81402005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n pc : __irq_domain_instantiate+0x1d4/0x578\n lr : __irq_domain_instantiate+0x1cc/0x578\n\nSet vLPI support to false at init time if the host has no ITS, so it\npropagates properly to kvm_vgic_global_state.has_gicv4."
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