Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nSVM: Always use vmcb01 in VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation Commit cc3ed80ae69f ("KVM: nSVM: always use vmcb01 to for vmsave/vmload of guest state") made KVM always use vmcb01 for the fields controlled by VMSAVE/VMLOAD, but it missed updating the VMLOAD/VMSAVE emulation code to always use vmcb01. As a result, if VMSAVE/VMLOAD is executed by an L2 guest and is not intercepted by L1, KVM will mistakenly use vmcb02. Always use vmcb01 instead of the current VMCB.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References10
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0004ecb798b30e90d7ebfe74efae2d9423315a64 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/10063e1251c1485034a018236080792ad083dcc5 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/127ccae2c185f62e6ecb4bf24f9cb307e9b9c619 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3880e331b0b31d0d5d3702b124f6c93539cd478a Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3b7015000988ba35ecd5648f4b2283960f00543 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d464cf1ed900d47c85393d40b00017b6adfc2e6c Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fce2fd4a2ca05670a91015aacccf96a1c26268fd Patch
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65334
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66180
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66357
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.9
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 3 · as of 13 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-754CWE-628
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