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KVM: arm64: Eagerly init vgic dist/redist on vgic creation

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Eagerly init vgic dist/redist on vgic creation If vgic_allocate_private_irqs_locked() fails for any odd reason, we exit kvm_vgic_create() early, leaving dist->rd_regions uninitialised. kvm_vgic_dist_destroy() then comes along and walks into the weeds trying to free the RDs. Got to love this stuff. Solve it by moving all the static initialisation early, and make sure that if we fail halfway, we're in a reasonable shape to perform the rest of the teardown. While at it, reset the vgic model on failure, just in case...

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.18.19, 6.19.9
CVEs
CVE-2026-43351
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 12:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

KVM: arm64: Eagerly init vgic dist/redist on vgic creation

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 May 2026, 14:21 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Eagerly init vgic dist/redist on vgic creation If vgic_allocate_private_irqs_locked() fails for any odd reason, we exit kvm_vgic_create() early, leaving dist->rd_regions uninitialised. kvm_vgic_dist_destroy() then comes along and walks into the weeds trying to free the RDs. Got to love this stuff. Solve it by moving all the static initialisation early, and make sure that if we fail halfway, we're in a reasonable shape to perform the rest of the teardown. While at it, reset the vgic model on failure, just in case...

osv:CVE-2026-43351

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.18.19, 6.19.9

Complete source record
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