CVE-2026-46032

MEDIUM

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

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 1.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 5.9.0 - 7.0.4linux
Linux/Linux < 5.9
Linux/Linux 5.9
Linux/Linux 7.0.4 - 7.0.*
Linux/Linux 7.1
Linux/Linux 7.1-rc1
Linux/Linux d82aaef9c88aa27bce63751d6d6329920b1fe8da - 5d291ef0585ed880ed4dd71ea1a5965e0a65fb53
Linux/Linux d82aaef9c88aa27bce63751d6d6329920b1fe8da - 9a738cf170a4a2332ea3a15e23ec65b5757fe4a1
linux/linux_kernel 5.9 - 7.0.4
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026