CVE-2026-89932

KVM: nVMX: Always flush vpid02 on first use

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2026 at 10:32 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Always flush vpid02 on first use Make sure vpid02 is always flushed on first use by setting last_vpid=0 when allocating vpid02. nested_vmx_transition_tlb_flush() will always detect a VPID change on first VM-Enter after VMXON, because VPID=0 in vmcs12 is not allowed if L1 enables VPID. This avoids using stale TLB entries from a previous lifetime of the VPID, that might have been associated with a different vCPU (or a completely different VM). Note that last_vpid is already being initialized as 0 when the vCPU is created, but it is not reset when vpid02 is freed on VMXOFF. Hence, the problem can only occur if L1 does VMXOFF -> VMXON, runs an L2, and KVM happens to reuse a VPID that has TLB entries on the physical CPU.

Affected

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

4.45c614b3583e7b6dab0c86356fa36c2bcbb8322a0
Vendor states this is fixed in 121991d150735f3c0f7401678ce4d35c5b4ac898 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 22dfcc22c95e91295119a1c3b469816ce44c4804 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 26de0d2d9a8d14c03e5ebb25fd68b5bfcd5ac366 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 62604376c313178811375f40a282fc2a46cd2311 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8b98d662ab24f34710a56e03bc9169e4a5508606 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8bc609999ec223089fec8d74c7de27d689606b36 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f0772389413dce9657c7d6950abf3edbbd511356 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.51 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
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