CVE-2026-64604

KVM: VMX: Grab vmcs12 on CR8 interception update iff vCPU is in guest mode

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Published: August 6, 2026 at 07:13 AM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 05:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: VMX: Grab vmcs12 on CR8 interception update iff vCPU is in guest mode When updating CR8 intercepts, get vmcs12 if and only if the vCPU is in guest mode so that a future change can have update CR8 intercepts during vCPU creation, without running afoul of get_vmcs12()'s lockdep assertion. ------------[ cut here ]------------ debug_locks && !(lock_is_held(&(&vcpu->mutex)->dep_map) || !refcount_read(&vcpu->kvm->users_count)) WARNING: arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h:61 at get_vmcs12 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h:60 [inline], CPU#0: syz.2.19/5879 WARNING: arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h:61 at vmx_update_cr8_intercept+0x3de/0x4e0 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6879, CPU#0: syz.2.19/5879 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5879 Comm: syz.2.19 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:get_vmcs12 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h:60 [inline] RIP: 0010:vmx_update_cr8_intercept+0x3de/0x4e0 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c:6879 Call Trace: <TASK> apic_update_ppr arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c:984 [inline] kvm_lapic_reset+0x1c24/0x2980 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c:3023 kvm_vcpu_reset+0x44c/0x1bf0 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:12986 kvm_arch_vcpu_create+0x746/0x8b0 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:12847 kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu+0x428/0x930 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:4201 kvm_vm_ioctl+0x893/0xd50 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5159 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f </TASK> No functional change intended.

Affected

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

3.18 ≤ v < 5.10.2613.18 ≤ v < 5.15.2123.18 ≤ v < 6.1.1783.18 ≤ v < 6.12.963.18 ≤ v < 6.18.393.18 ≤ v < 6.6.1453.18 ≤ v < 7.1.43.18 ≤ v < 7.23.18a7c0b07d570848e50fce4d31ac01313484d6b844
Vendor states this is fixed in 258ec63c0f281bf7b50f9de67c8e93b5b7be5ed4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3dcfb04dd43b16fa1240fc6487fff578ad57264c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 570af5db081b87374594a00711ac5760d2ea6844 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7ef78d71ca713d8c00f7c34ddcf276c808143f77 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9a21f1defd96c6301c5fb462a78eb51b191bd2dd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c7cd3605244c924249dea32632e1bc3e89bda543 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in db8407b9fd06d857a4a5e8bcff1d086d13007711 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ffaaff82336db84e9b58e7a3e81c2fd64e05ed7a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.261 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.212 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.96 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.39 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

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