KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Don't dereference a NULL collection on ITT save
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
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: vgic-its: Don't dereference a NULL collection on ITT save MAPC with V=0 drops ite->collection but leaves the ITE on the device's ITT list, and vgic_its_save_ite() dereferences it unconditionally. A guest that issues MAPD, MAPTI and then MAPC(V=0) therefore oopses the host when the VMM issues KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_SAVE_TABLES to migrate it. That sequence is UNPREDICTABLE per the architecture, but KVM already handles the resulting state in the translate, MOVI and DISCARD paths. Save a zeroed entry, which vgic_its_restore_ite() reads back as invalid. Skipping the ITE instead would leave the ITT slot holding whatever is in guest memory, and restore rejects an entry naming a collection the restored collection table does not have.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.273, 5.15.224, 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89912
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6q94-4246-2272
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: Linux/Linux@2c3a87ad3d3935c43d465cd2465db9020f9e898f, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-16 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@dd0c3e6c03e3bb3fd7c0fa422230020674c5c25e · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@0fb71211146e39cf67811ccb873d2770a9c129ac, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +3 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 3 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df829e4fe235b3a0dbf830986d81c040d3d2e940
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fb71211146e39cf67811ccb873d2770a9c129ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/566d0f99aec92280ce403f22068eb07241a79e2a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd0c3e6c03e3bb3fd7c0fa422230020674c5c25e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c3a87ad3d3935c43d465cd2465db9020f9e898f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d4c26b16a04a084fe0bde08ccdd8086570f8bbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36df368861d2664291298feeb37dfef43fcae670
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6c156d931c33b92362383cf76f6d6e1291dcbfe
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89912 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89912 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6q94-4246-2272 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89912 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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