CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64555

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 in kvm_hyp_handle_mops() lacks translation of the synthetic SPSR_EL2 value before writing to hardware in nested virtualization. This causes incorrect SPSR_EL2 restoration.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience incorrect single-step debugging behavior in nested ARM64 virtualization environments, potentially leading to unexpected VM behavior.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that directly modifies SPSR_EL2, bypassing the synthetic state, ensuring correct register restoration.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: nv: Fix SPSR_EL2 restore in kvm_hyp_handle_mops() kvm_hyp_handle_mops() resets the single-step state machine as part of rewinding state for a MOPS exception by modifying vcpu_cpsr() and writing the result directly into hardware. In the case of nested virtualization, vcpu_cpsr() is a synthetic value such that the rest of KVM can deal with vEL2 cleanly. That means the value requires translation before being written into hardware, which is unfortunately missing from the MOPS handler. Fix it by directly modifying SPSR_EL2 and avoiding the synthetic state altogether, which will be resynchronized on the next 'full' exit back to KVM.

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