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CVE-2026-46076

HIGH 7.9

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

CVSS Score
7.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In 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]

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published May 27, 2026
Last Updated May 30, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Linux / Linux
3f4a812edf5cb0a50e65fbdfafdb3e688da18f16 < 924d721fae95687acedbaf624a094ed0e8b67104 3f4a812edf5cb0a50e65fbdfafdb3e688da18f16 < 009c0f726abeaa67aad1d96b883bdce01d405ce2 3f4a812edf5cb0a50e65fbdfafdb3e688da18f16 < 5fb4a5f361565f5b629d8a8fe5288ce8463c5727 3f4a812edf5cb0a50e65fbdfafdb3e688da18f16 < c36991c6f8d2ab56ee67aff04e3c357f45cfc76c
Linux / Linux
6.2

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/924d721fae95687acedbaf624a094ed0e8b67104 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/009c0f726abeaa67aad1d96b883bdce01d405ce2 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fb4a5f361565f5b629d8a8fe5288ce8463c5727 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c36991c6f8d2ab56ee67aff04e3c357f45cfc76c