arm64/efi: Avoid voluntary preemption with efi_mm installed
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64/efi: Avoid voluntary preemption with efi_mm installed Gus reports a bad kernel memory access when using software PAN (CONFIG_ARM64_SW_TTBR0_PAN=y) on a machine with support for EFI runtime services: Unable to handle kernel access to user memory outside uaccess routines at virtual address 00000000f322ff30 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000096000004 FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] SMP Workqueue: efi_rts_wq efi_call_rts pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : efi_call_rts+0xd8/0x288 Call trace: efi_call_rts+0xd8/0x288 (P) process_one_work+0x178/0x4f8 worker_thread+0x194/0x328 This is because the fpsimd context management code called from __efi_fpsimd_begin() can preempt voluntarily, returning later to the EFI code with an incorrect value for TTBR0_EL1 thanks to the deferred mm switching used by the software PAN implementation. Since EFI runtime services cannot preempt voluntarily and because the fpsimd switching code does not rely on the TTBR0_EL1 mappings, simply reorder the fpsimd switch so that it occurs before we change the page-table.
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 7.2.6, 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 |
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-2026-90212
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mvqq-j4gg-mmgx
- 2026-10-13 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-13 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90212 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90212 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mvqq-j4gg-mmgx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90212 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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