CVE-2026-43351

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

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 8, 2026 at 02:21 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 10:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

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...

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.14 ≤ v < 6.18.196.14 ≤ v < 6.19.96.14 ≤ v < 7.06.14.1 ≤ v < 6.18.196.19 ≤ v < 6.19.96.146.14 rc36.14 rc46.14 rc56.14 rc66.14 rc77.0 rc17.0 rc27.0 rc3b3aa9283c0c505b5cfd25f7d6cfd720de2adc807
Vendor states this is fixed in a24f1d80fbcdbf8b2a7044a00fa12b3972b4c31c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ac6769c8f948dff33265c50e524aebf9aa6f1be0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b7493f48c3dba75674a4ee505b4afa8fe5102457 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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