CVE-2026-64288

KVM: arm64: nv: Avoid dereferencing NULL VNCR pseudo-TLB

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2026 at 08:49 AM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 05:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: nv: Avoid dereferencing NULL VNCR pseudo-TLB VNCR TLB invalidation occurs from MMU notifiers or TLBI instructions, and either can race against a vcpu not being onlined yet (no pseudo-TLB allocated). Similarly, the TLB might be invalid, and the invalidation should be skipped in this case. Both kvm_invalidate_vncr_ipa() and kvm_invalidate_vncr_va() are expected to perform the same checks, except that the latter doesn't check for the allocation and blindly dereferences the pointer. Solve this by introducing a new iterator built on top of the usual kvm_for_each_vcpu() that checks for both of the above conditions, and convert the two users to it.

Affected

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

6.16 ≤ v < 6.18.396.16 ≤ v < 7.1.46.16 ≤ v < 7.26.19 ≤ v < 7.1.44ffa72ad8f37e73bbb6c0baa88557bcb4fd399296.16
Vendor states this is fixed in 4be6cbeb93d26994bd1827ddbce391e3c4395c8f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5fd30133af864a1de0a0bd87d3fe3cf23205fbc7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7c73a269a880b1399baacfb9d521415e6ef7ecc2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.39 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-476

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