CVE-2026-80873

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: nv: Write ESR_EL2 for injected nested SError exceptions kvm_inject_el2_exception() writes ESR_EL2 for synchronous exceptions but not for SError. enter_exception64() does not write ESR_ELx for any exception type, so the constructed syndrome is dropped. A guest L2 hypervisor taking a nested SError observes stale ESR_EL2. This affects both kvm_inject_nested_serror() and the EASE path in kvm_inject_nested_sea(). Write ESR_EL2 for except_type_serror, matching except_type_sync.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2cb1f4578625e71f461d5c1ce70984193389cbb

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29227821e2320ff6a174c91742b4ce221fe8d563

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09f35145f3a4aacea4d9b914ad895bf5af8fc4ae

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-04

Updated: 2026-09-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.1

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00154