KVM: arm64: Handle negative S1 walk levels in VNCR TLB size evaluation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Handle negative S1 walk levels in VNCR TLB size evaluation Computing the effects of a TLB invalidation involves looking at the size of the mapping cached by the TLB. For S1 mappings such as VNCR, this is deducted from the combination of the base granule size and the mapping level. However, this implies that the S1 MMU is *on*. When the MMU is off, we indicate this with the level being set to a "creative" value of -127 (S1_MMU_DISABLED). This ends-up being misinterpreted by pgshift_level_to_ttl() as it doesn't handle negative levels at all (the level is immediately cast to a u8 and only the bottom two bits considered), leading to an invalidation size of 0. Not helpful. Tidy-up pgshift_level_to_ttl() to handle these negative levels, and ttl_to_size() to always return SZ_1G when no valid TTL is present. This allows the removal of open-coded checks for similar situations. Note that the check for a negative value not explicitely checking for S1_MMU_DISABLED is deliberate, so that actual negative levels introduced with LVA2 and D128 can take the same path if we ever support them.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 7.3
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2026:72624 Released 2026-09-28 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) kernel-64k-debug-devel-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-devel-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2 +12
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-core-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2 +29
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) kernel-tools-libs-devel-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2, libperf-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-core-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2 +21
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-6.12.0-211.61.1.el10_2 +9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:72624 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:72624 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:72624 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:72624 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) | Fixed | RHSA-2026:72624 |
Not affected: 6 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89775
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4h2c-gw77-f478
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-31 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89775 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89775 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4h2c-gw77-f478 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89775 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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