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KVM: x86: Ensure vendor's exit handler runs before fastpath userspace exits

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Ensure vendor's exit handler runs before fastpath userspace exits Move the handling of fastpath userspace exits into vendor code to ensure KVM runs vendor specific operations that need to run before userspace gains control of the vCPU. E.g. for VMX (and soon to be for SVM as well), KVM needs to flush the PML buffer prior to exiting to userspace, otherwise any memory written by the final KVM_RUN might never be flagged as dirty. Note, waiting to snapshot CR0 and CR3 until svm_handle_exit() is flawed in general, as that risks consuming stale state in a fastpath handler. That will be addressed in a future change.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.96, 6.18.39, 7.1.4
CVEs
CVE-2026-64284
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 16:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

KVM: x86: Ensure vendor's exit handler runs before fastpath userspace exits

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Jul 2026, 08:49 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Ensure vendor's exit handler runs before fastpath userspace exits Move the handling of fastpath userspace exits into vendor code to ensure KVM runs vendor specific operations that need to run before userspace gains control of the vCPU. E.g. for VMX (and soon to be for SVM as well), KVM needs to flush the PML buffer prior to exiting to userspace, otherwise any memory written by the final KVM_RUN might never be flagged as dirty. Note, waiting to snapshot CR0 and CR3 until svm_handle_exit() is flawed in general, as that risks consuming stale state in a fastpath handler. That will be addressed in a future change.

osv:CVE-2026-64284

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.12.96, 6.18.39, 7.1.4

Complete source record
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