KVM: arm64: nv: Inject SEA if guest VNCR isn't normal memory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: nv: Inject SEA if guest VNCR isn't normal memory When constructing an L1 VNCR mapping, KVM unconditionally uses cacheable memory attributes, even if the underlying PFN isn't memory. This gets particularly hairy if the endpoint doesn't support cacheable memory attributes, potentially throwing an SError on writeback... While KVM does permit cacheable memory attributes on certain PFNMAP VMAs, kvm_translate_vncr() isn't currently grabbing the VMA. So do the simpler thing for now and just reject everything that isn't memory.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.18.40, 7.1.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-72277
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 17:23 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
KVM: arm64: nv: Inject SEA if guest VNCR isn't normal memory
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 15 Aug 2026, 05:54 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: nv: Inject SEA if guest VNCR isn't normal memory When constructing an L1 VNCR mapping, KVM unconditionally uses cacheable memory attributes, even if the underlying PFN isn't memory. This gets particularly hairy if the endpoint doesn't support cacheable memory attributes, potentially throwing an SError on writeback... While KVM does permit cacheable memory attributes on certain PFNMAP VMAs, kvm_translate_vncr() isn't currently grabbing the VMA. So do the simpler thing for now and just reject everything that isn't memory.
osv:CVE-2026-72277
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.18.40, 7.1.5
Complete source record
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