KVM: nSVM: Raise #UD if unhandled VMMCALL isn't intercepted by L1

Summary

CVECVE-2026-46076
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-27 14:17:28 UTC
Updated2026-05-30 11:17:20 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nSVM: Raise #UD if unhandled VMMCALL isn't intercepted by L1 Explicitly synthesize a #UD for VMMCALL if L2 is active, L1 does NOT want to intercept VMMCALL, nested_svm_l2_tlb_flush_enabled() is true, and the hypercall is something other than one of the supported Hyper-V hypercalls. When all of the above conditions are met, KVM will intercept VMMCALL but never forward it to L1, i.e. will let L2 make hypercalls as if it were L1. The TLFS says a whole lot of nothing about this scenario, so go with the architectural behavior, which says that VMMCALL #UDs if it's not intercepted. Opportunistically do a 2-for-1 stub trade by stub-ifying the new API instead of the helpers it uses. The last remaining "single" stub will soon be dropped as well. [sean: rewrite changelog and comment, tag for stable, remove defunct stubs]

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.9 HIGH from 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

EPSS: 0.000180000 probability, percentile 0.049190000 (date 2026-05-29)


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67Secondary7.9HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED7.9HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 3f4a812edf5cb0a50e65fbdfafdb3e688da18f16 924d721fae95687acedbaf624a094ed0e8b67104 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 3f4a812edf5cb0a50e65fbdfafdb3e688da18f16 009c0f726abeaa67aad1d96b883bdce01d405ce2 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 3f4a812edf5cb0a50e65fbdfafdb3e688da18f16 5fb4a5f361565f5b629d8a8fe5288ce8463c5727 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 3f4a812edf5cb0a50e65fbdfafdb3e688da18f16 c36991c6f8d2ab56ee67aff04e3c357f45cfc76c git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.2 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.2 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.12.86 6.12.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.27 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.0.4 7.0.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.1-rc1 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/924d721fae95687acedbaf624a094ed0e8b67104 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fb4a5f361565f5b629d8a8fe5288ce8463c5727 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/009c0f726abeaa67aad1d96b883bdce01d405ce2 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/c36991c6f8d2ab56ee67aff04e3c357f45cfc76c 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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