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CVE-2026-89932

HIGH 8.8

KVM: nVMX: Always flush vpid02 on first use

CVSS Score
8.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

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Product linux
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Published Sep 16, 2026
Last Updated Oct 19, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Linux / Linux
5c614b3583e7b6dab0c86356fa36c2bcbb8322a0 < 26de0d2d9a8d14c03e5ebb25fd68b5bfcd5ac366 5c614b3583e7b6dab0c86356fa36c2bcbb8322a0 < 8bc609999ec223089fec8d74c7de27d689606b36 5c614b3583e7b6dab0c86356fa36c2bcbb8322a0 < 62604376c313178811375f40a282fc2a46cd2311 5c614b3583e7b6dab0c86356fa36c2bcbb8322a0 < 8b98d662ab24f34710a56e03bc9169e4a5508606 5c614b3583e7b6dab0c86356fa36c2bcbb8322a0 < 22dfcc22c95e91295119a1c3b469816ce44c4804 5c614b3583e7b6dab0c86356fa36c2bcbb8322a0 < 121991d150735f3c0f7401678ce4d35c5b4ac898 5c614b3583e7b6dab0c86356fa36c2bcbb8322a0 < f0772389413dce9657c7d6950abf3edbbd511356
Linux / Linux
4.4

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26de0d2d9a8d14c03e5ebb25fd68b5bfcd5ac366 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc609999ec223089fec8d74c7de27d689606b36 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62604376c313178811375f40a282fc2a46cd2311 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b98d662ab24f34710a56e03bc9169e4a5508606 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22dfcc22c95e91295119a1c3b469816ce44c4804 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/121991d150735f3c0f7401678ce4d35c5b4ac898 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0772389413dce9657c7d6950abf3edbbd511356