CVE-2026-23425

HIGH

KVM: arm64: Fix ID register initialization for non-protected pKVM guests

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Fix ID register initialization for non-protected pKVM guests In protected mode, the hypervisor maintains a separate instance of the `kvm` structure for each VM. For non-protected VMs, this structure is initialized from the host's `kvm` state. Currently, `pkvm_init_features_from_host()` copies the `KVM_ARCH_FLAG_ID_REGS_INITIALIZED` flag from the host without the underlying `id_regs` data being initialized. This results in the hypervisor seeing the flag as set while the ID registers remain zeroed. Consequently, `kvm_has_feat()` checks at EL2 fail (return 0) for non-protected VMs. This breaks logic that relies on feature detection, such as `ctxt_has_tcrx()` for TCR2_EL1 support. As a result, certain system registers (e.g., TCR2_EL1, PIR_EL1, POR_EL1) are not saved/restored during the world switch, which could lead to state corruption. Fix this by explicitly copying the ID registers from the host `kvm` to the hypervisor `kvm` for non-protected VMs during initialization, since we trust the host with its non-protected guests' features. Also ensure `KVM_ARCH_FLAG_ID_REGS_INITIALIZED` is cleared initially in `pkvm_init_features_from_host` so that `vm_copy_id_regs` can properly initialize them and set the flag once done.

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 3.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (12)
Linux/Linux < 6.14
Linux/Linux 41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90 - 7e7c2cf0024d89443a7af52e09e47b1fe634ab17
Linux/Linux 41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90 - 858620655c1fbff05997e162fc7d83a3293d5142
Linux/Linux 41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90 - bce3847f7c51b86332bf2e554c9e80ca3820f16c
Linux/Linux 6.14
Linux/Linux 6.18.17 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.7 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
Linux/Linux 7.0-rc2
linux/linux_kernel 6.14
... and 2 more
Published Apr 03, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 03, 2026