In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: x86: hyper-v: Bound the bank index when querying sparse banks
When checking if a VP ID is included in a sparse bank set, explicitly check that the ID can actually be contained in a sparse bank (the TLFS allows for a maximum of 64 banks of 64 vCPUs each). When handling a paravirtual TLB flush for L2, the VP ID is copied verbatim from the enlightened VMCS, without any bounds check, i.e. isn't guaranteed to be under the limit of 4096.
Failure to check the bounds of the VP ID leads to an out-of-bounds read when testing the sparse bank, and super strictly speaking could lead to KVM performing an unnecessary TLB flush for an L2 vCPU.
================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in hv_is_vp_in_sparse_set+0x85/0x100 [kvm] Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811ba5f598 by task hyperv_evmcs/2802
CPU: 12 UID: 1000 PID: 2802 Comm: hyperv_evmcs Not tainted 7.1.0-rc2 #7 PREEMPT Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x51/0x60 print_report+0xcb/0x5d0 kasan_report+0xb4/0xe0 kasan_check_range+0x35/0x1b0 hv_is_vp_in_sparse_set+0x85/0x100 [kvm] kvm_hv_flush_tlb+0xe9e/0x16c0 [kvm] kvm_hv_hypercall+0xe6b/0x1e60 [kvm] vmx_handle_exit+0x485/0x1b60 [kvm_intel] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x22e3/0x5070 [kvm] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x5d0/0x10c0 [kvm] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x129/0x1a0 do_syscall_64+0xb9/0xcf0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 RIP: 0033:0x7f0e62d1a9bf </TASK>
The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page: refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xffffffffffffffff pfn:0x11ba5f flags: 0x4000000000000000(zone=1) raw: 4000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 raw: ffffffffffffffff 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected
Memory state around the buggy address: ffff88811ba5f480: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ffff88811ba5f500: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff >ffff88811ba5f580: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ^ ffff88811ba5f600: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ffff88811ba5f680: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ================================================================== Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
Opportunistically add a compile time assertion to ensure the maximum number of sparse banks exactly matches the number of possible bits in the passed in mask.
[sean: add KASAN splat, drop comment, add assert, massage changelog]
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.4
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade microvm-kernel6.18Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.38-73.137Upgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-devel | Aug 18, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 28, 2026 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 29, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-7.0Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1035-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-ibmUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gkeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-6.8Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04bUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-gke-7.0Upgrade linux-image-raspi-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-virtual-7.0Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-7.0Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-gke-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1019-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1019-raspiUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-realtime-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-lts-26.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1035-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-realtime-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2018-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2018-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1018-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oracle-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1012-awsUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1006-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-oem-26.04aUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-31-genericUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1013-oemUpgrade linux-image-oem-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gke-64k-7.0 | Sep 14, 2026 | Sep 7, 2026 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 3, 2026 | Jul 24, 2026 |
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