CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-46317

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, KVM for ARM64 has a use-after-free vulnerability in the nested_mmus array. The array is reallocated without proper locking, which can lead to referencing freed memory by other threads.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access freed kernel memory, potentially leading to privilege escalation or information disclosure.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that fixes the issue by properly locking during reallocation of the nested_mmus array.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Reassign nested_mmus array behind mmu_lock kvm->arch.nested_mmus[] is walked under kvm->mmu_lock, including from the MMU notifier path (kvm_unmap_gfn_range() -> kvm_nested_s2_unmap()), which can run at any time. kvm_vcpu_init_nested() reallocates the array and frees the old buffer while holding only kvm->arch.config_lock, so such a walker can reference the freed array. Allocate the new array outside of mmu_lock, as the allocation can sleep. Under the lock, copy the existing entries, fix up the back pointers and reassign the array. Free the old buffer after dropping the lock, as kvfree() can sleep as well.

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