KVM: nVMX: Ensure KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES is cleared on VM-Exit
Always check and clear KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES when emulating a
nested VM-Exit to ensure the request is cleared, even when KVM was built
with CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV=n, as KVM subtly relies on the "check" to clear
the flag and thus avoid double-mapping the vmcs12 pages, e.g. if KVM
manages to bail from VM-Enter without processing the request, and then
emulates VMLAUNCH or VMRESUME.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Ensure KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES is cleared on VM-Exit Always check and clear KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES when emulating a nested VM-Exit to ensure the request is cleared, even when KVM was built with CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV=n, as KVM subtly relies on the "check" to clear the flag and thus avoid double-mapping the vmcs12 pages, e.g. if KVM manages to bail from VM-Enter without processing the request, and then emulates VMLAUNCH or VMRESUME. | |
| Title | KVM: nVMX: Ensure KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES is cleared on VM-Exit | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-16T10:32:22.202Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.776Z
Link: CVE-2026-89931
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-16T11:17:02.427
Modified: 2026-09-16T11:17:02.427
Link: CVE-2026-89931
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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