CVE-2026-68081

KVM: nVMX: Put vmcs12 pages if nested VM-Enter fails due to invalid guest state

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Published: August 8, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Put vmcs12 pages if nested VM-Enter fails due to invalid guest state Put all vmcs12 pages if KVM synthesizes a nested VM-Exit due to invalid guest while emulating VMLAUNCH or VMRESUME. The invalid guest state path doesn't use nested_vmx_vmexit() as that API is intended to be used if and only if L2 is active, and the open coded equivalent neglects to put the vmcs12 pages. Failure to put the vmcs12 pages leaks any pinned pages (and/or mappings) if L1 retries VMLAUNCH/VMRESUME. Note, the !from_vmenter scenario doesn't suffer the same problem, as vmx_get_nested_state_pages() only gets/pins/maps the vmcs12 pages if L2 is active, i.e. if a "full" VM-Exit is guaranteed before KVM will retry getting vmcs12 pages.

Affected

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

5.296c66e87deeeb3cc78a3b82a1de8e365eec206c1
Vendor states this is fixed in 2c87a087c20632d68920272173b5d7c47f9bcf70 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2f2312c422fd2695da772cecb30c69994b795964 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7996013b85687034d2e820cef94d6404192e3a3d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.114 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.160 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

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