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CVE-2026-89908

UNKNOWN 0.0

LoongArch: KVM: Preserve memslot arch flags on KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: KVM: Preserve memslot arch flags on KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region() computes new->arch.flags, i.e. whether a memslot is KVM_MEM_HUGEPAGE_CAPABLE or KVM_MEM_HUGEPAGE_INCAPABLE, only for KVM_MR_CREATE and KVM_MR_MOVE, and returns early for every other change. But the generic code allocates a zeroed memslot for every change and never copies old->arch, so after a KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY update, e.g. toggling KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES for live migration, the active memslot has arch.flags == 0. With both flags clear, fault_supports_huge_mapping() falls through to the alignment check on the HVA range alone, which no longer verifies that the GPA and HVA have the same offset within a PMD. A memslot that was marked KVM_MEM_HUGEPAGE_INCAPABLE because of a GPA/HVA offset mismatch can then be mapped with PMD entries on read faults, and since kvm_map_page() aligns the gfn and the pfn independently, the guest ends up accessing the wrong host pages, exactly the "d -> f, e -> g" case described in the comment above the check. Carry the arch flags over from the old memslot for KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY, as the GPA, HVA and size are guaranteed to be unchanged for that case.

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Product linux
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Published Sep 16, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
7ab6fb505b2a7447c4a7237a12c59e3ad0c7298c < 7c6df65b53846cd7a9a1c81c6ddb42fdc08603e8 7ab6fb505b2a7447c4a7237a12c59e3ad0c7298c < 4e4dbc341b1581dc512b85d98b768373b0398366 7ab6fb505b2a7447c4a7237a12c59e3ad0c7298c < bc7a6849b4395f45a602db91b0fb2fb2e9ed4bba 7ab6fb505b2a7447c4a7237a12c59e3ad0c7298c < 27a9bfee3bbcb3cabb77797354f07e0e44e49831
Linux / Linux
6.8

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c6df65b53846cd7a9a1c81c6ddb42fdc08603e8 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e4dbc341b1581dc512b85d98b768373b0398366 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc7a6849b4395f45a602db91b0fb2fb2e9ed4bba git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27a9bfee3bbcb3cabb77797354f07e0e44e49831