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KVM: arm64: Bound used_lrs when flushing the pKVM hyp vCPU

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Bound used_lrs when flushing the pKVM hyp vCPU flush_hyp_vcpu() copies the host vGIC state into the hyp's private vCPU on every run. The vGIC list register save and restore use used_lrs as their loop bound and expect it to stay within the number of implemented list registers. While this is generally the case, flush_hyp_vcpu() copies vgic_v3 verbatim and does not enforce this, so a value provided by the host is used at EL2 to index vgic_lr[] and access ICH_LR_EL2 (host -> EL2). Fix by clamping used_lrs to the number of implemented list registers after the copy, as the trusted path already does in vgic_flush_lr_state(). The number of implemented list registers is constant after init, so it is replicated once from kvm_vgic_global_state.nr_lr into hyp_gicv3_nr_lr rather than read on every entry.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.97, 6.18.40, 6.6.145, 7.1.4
CVEs
CVE-2026-64287
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 21:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

KVM: arm64: Bound used_lrs when flushing the pKVM hyp vCPU

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Jul 2026, 08:49 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Bound used_lrs when flushing the pKVM hyp vCPU flush_hyp_vcpu() copies the host vGIC state into the hyp's private vCPU on every run. The vGIC list register save and restore use used_lrs as their loop bound and expect it to stay within the number of implemented list registers. While this is generally the case, flush_hyp_vcpu() copies vgic_v3 verbatim and does not enforce this, so a value provided by the host is used at EL2 to index vgic_lr[] and access ICH_LR_EL2 (host -> EL2). Fix by clamping used_lrs to the number of implemented list registers after the copy, as the trusted path already does in vgic_flush_lr_state(). The number of implemented list registers is constant after init, so it is replicated once from kvm_vgic_global_state.nr_lr into hyp_gicv3_nr_lr rather than read on every entry.

osv:CVE-2026-64287

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.4

Complete source record
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