CVE-2026-46316

KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Drop the translation cache reference only for the erased entry

CRITICAL
9.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 9, 2026 at 11:52 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 08:18 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise Linux

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Severity
CRITICAL9.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Drop the translation cache reference only for the erased entry vgic_its_invalidate_cache() walks the per-ITS translation cache with xa_for_each() and drops the cache's reference on each entry with vgic_put_irq(). It puts the iterated pointer, though, rather than the value returned by xa_erase(). The function is called from contexts that do not exclude one another: the ITS command handlers hold its_lock, the GITS_CTLR write path holds cmd_lock, and the path that clears EnableLPIs in a redistributor's GICR_CTLR holds neither. Two or more of them can drain the same cache concurrently, and if each one observes the same entry, erases it and then puts it, the single reference the cache holds on that entry is dropped more than once. The entry can then be freed while an ITE still maps it. xa_erase() is atomic and returns the previous entry, so put only the entry that this context actually removed. The cache reference is then dropped exactly once per entry even when the invalidations run concurrently, and the behavior is unchanged when only one context runs.

Affected

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

6.10 ≤ v < 6.12.936.13 ≤ v < 6.18.356.19 ≤ v < 7.0.127.17.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc47.1 rc57.1 rc68201d1028caa4fae88e222c4e8cf541fdf45b821
Vendor states this is fixed in 13031fb6b8357fbbcded2a7f4cba73e4781ee594 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2bbc395e81bd29c543a0529a678327e932a7ec69 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9121f4605ab94969f62d1b5714ca3c6c69bd202f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b7b72e88046328c9fdc638fe887d4240257dd5dc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.93 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.35 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-570.127.1.el9_6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-687.22.1.el9_8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:6.12.0-211.30.1.el10_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:6.12.0-55.88.1.el10_0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8 (unaffected)

References (15)

Third Party Advisory
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46316
Third Party Advisory
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2486982
Third Party Advisory
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-46316.json
Third Party Advisory
Source: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:34911

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CVSS

9.3CRITICALLinux
Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-911NVD-CWE-OtherCWE-362

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