CVE-2026-64286

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Clear __hyp_running_vcpu when flushing the pKVM hyp vCPU flush_hyp_vcpu() copies the host vCPU context into the hyp's private vCPU on every run. ctxt_to_vcpu() expects a guest context to have a NULL __hyp_running_vcpu, which is only ever set on the host context, so that it resolves the vCPU via container_of(). While this is generally the case, flush_hyp_vcpu() copies the context verbatim and does not enforce this, so a value provided by the host is dereferenced at EL2 (host -> EL2). Fix by clearing __hyp_running_vcpu after the copy.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8042f6e1d7befb2fb6b10a75918642bcd0acf9a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfaef40d8a1533940fc1af788d70fce07362b4ce

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4f4d61715d1061ba83b88196a3605662be30750

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bea2f8becdb20d34378493c3b77a9b9cf8c6cfa

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477145860dba4c30f0b4e36f02f4c5291c1c888b

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-25

Updated: 2026-07-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00209