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GHSA-RGJ9-VX7J-X86J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-27 15:33 – Updated: 2026-06-16 18:32

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT

If loading L1's CR3 fails on a nested #VMEXIT, nested_svm_vmexit() returns an error code that is ignored by most callers, and continues to run L1 with corrupted state. A sane recovery is not possible in this case, and HW behavior is to cause a shutdown. Inject a triple fault instead, and do not return early from nested_svm_vmexit(). Continue cleaning up the vCPU state (e.g. clear pending exceptions), to handle the failure as gracefully as possible.

From the APM:

Upon #VMEXIT, the processor performs the following actions in order to return to the host execution context:

...

if (illegal host state loaded, or exception while loading host state) shutdown else execute first host instruction following the VMRUN

Remove the return value of nested_svm_vmexit(), which is mostly unchecked anyway.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2026-46032 (GCVE-0-2026-46032)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 12:56 – Updated: 2026-06-14 17:49

Title

KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT If loading L1's CR3 fails on a nested #VMEXIT, nested_svm_vmexit() returns an error code that is ignored by most callers, and continues to run L1 with corrupted state. A sane recovery is not possible in this case, and HW behavior is to cause a shutdown. Inject a triple fault instead, and do not return early from nested_svm_vmexit(). Continue cleaning up the vCPU state (e.g. clear pending exceptions), to handle the failure as gracefully as possible. From the APM: Upon #VMEXIT, the processor performs the following actions in order to return to the host execution context: ... if (illegal host state loaded, or exception while loading host state) shutdown else execute first host instruction following the VMRUN Remove the return value of nested_svm_vmexit(), which is mostly unchecked anyway.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a738cf170a4a2332…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d291ef0585ed880e…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: d82aaef9c88aa27bce63751d6d6329920b1fe8da , < 9a738cf170a4a2332ea3a15e23ec65b5757fe4a1 (git) Affected: d82aaef9c88aa27bce63751d6d6329920b1fe8da , < 5d291ef0585ed880ed4dd71ea1a5965e0a65fb53 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.9 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.9 (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.4 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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