Secure device page leak in Linux KVM for Book3S HV on page-in failure
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: 3 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
The Linux kernel KVM code for PowerPC Book3S HV is affected. When uv_page_in() fails after a secure device page has been allocated, the page is never released, so each failure permanently consumes an entry from the firmware-bounded secure memory pool and leaves the guest frame marked as secure for the lifetime of the VM. The flaw is reachable whenever the Ultravisor page-in call returns an error, such as on pool exhaustion, on POWER9 and POWER10 systems with Ultravisor.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: fix secure device page leak on uv_page_in() failure In kvmppc_svm_page_in(), if uv_page_in() fails after kvmppc_uvmem_get_page() has succeeded, the secure device page is never released. kvmppc_uvmem_get_page() sets a bit in kvmppc_uvmem_bitmap, allocates a kvmppc_uvmem_page_pvt struct, marks the GFN as KVMPPC_GFN_UVMEM_PFN, and calls zone_device_page_init() which sets refcount=1 and locks the page. The subsequent goto out_finalize skips the *mig.dst assignment, so migrate_vma_finalize() is a no-op for the page, and none of those resources are ever reclaimed. Each occurrence permanently consumes one entry from the firmware-bounded secure memory pool (kvmppc_uvmem_bitmap), leaks pvt, and leaves the GFN marked as secure — making it unusable for the lifetime of the VM. The twin __kvmppc_svm_page_out() already handles the analogous uv_page_out() failure correctly with unlock_page(dpage); __free_page(dpage). Apply the same pattern here: unlock_page() followed by put_page(), which chains through free_zone_device_folio() into kvmppc_uvmem_folio_free() to clear the bitmap bit, free pvt, and reset the GFN state. Reachable whenever uv_page_in() returns an error (e.g. UV pool exhaustion) on any POWER9/10 + Ultravisor/PEF system.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Update the Linux kernel to 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8 or 7.3, or to a later release of the same branch. The sources list no fixed version for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. 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 OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98433
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-3v64-xhg6-868f
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-20 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-20 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed2f2ff63cb7e71204096e765c6d02c3b6974b95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f3b7746874b39fc20e0363c9076c7787d4765ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a933d7024359e2e566b07903d1294b84f90482ae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c41088b2765af1e97e7bb05f906ae1823eca0388
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3d4b2fc30c97cf8e6f8b880d2de9c17ecac7f5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfb84274932737e338ff5eb27f34b4c8ecb01b50
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcbff8008b0e08cd53b611bd0ff7e01f5b962f80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a416ee20bcccddf91ca5b63696a23b9d11d73aa
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98433 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98433 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3v64-xhg6-868f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98433 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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