---
id: CVE-2026-43315
title: 'KVM: nSVM: Remove a user-triggerable WARN on nested_svm_load_cr3() succeeding'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  KVM: nSVM: Remove a user-triggerable WARN on nested_svm_load_cr3() succeeding

  Drop the WARN in svm_set_nested_state() on nested_svm_load_cr3() failing
  as it is trivial…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd <
    155ec243ef726f4bc49536fa0bfb565dc011ab17
  - >-
    Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd <
    580ea57840864d40e019bc13fd26afdc8d510a2f
  - >-
    Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd <
    deb8f6dfd31d94b18dbeeaa8c01fbec5fc70fd2b
  - >-
    Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd <
    ce904c8a5bbe697eae0f7e34b07095bd7a6dee19
  - >-
    Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd <
    969e5e13ff5c18603f21d1f9f64ec9194e141ac0
  - >-
    Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd <
    ebb2ab4f1c87d6b52776292cf7dc16aea48e95f8
  - >-
    Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd <
    fc3ba56385d03501eb582e4b86691ba378e556f9
  - Linux 5.14
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-06T15:35:24.443531Z'
published: '2026-05-08'
updated: '2026-11-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-06T15:42:48.344Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43315'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/155ec243ef726f4bc49536fa0bfb565dc011ab17'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/580ea57840864d40e019bc13fd26afdc8d510a2f'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb8f6dfd31d94b18dbeeaa8c01fbec5fc70fd2b'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce904c8a5bbe697eae0f7e34b07095bd7a6dee19'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/969e5e13ff5c18603f21d1f9f64ec9194e141ac0'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebb2ab4f1c87d6b52776292cf7dc16aea48e95f8'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc3ba56385d03501eb582e4b86691ba378e556f9'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.0013
epssPercentile: 0.02673
ingestedAt: '2026-11-06T15:54:03.938Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: nSVM: Remove a user-triggerable WARN on nested_svm_load_cr3() succeeding

Drop the WARN in svm_set_nested_state() on nested_svm_load_cr3() failing
as it is trivially easy to trigger from userspace by modifying CPUID after
loading CR3.  E.g. modifying the state restoration selftest like so:

  --- tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/state_test.c
  +++ tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/state_test.c
  @@ -280,7 +280,16 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])

                 /* Restore state in a new VM.  */
                  vcpu = vm_recreate_with_one_vcpu(vm);
  -               vcpu_load_state(vcpu, state);
  +
  +               if (stage == 4) {
  +                       state->sregs.cr3 = BIT(44);
  +                       vcpu_load_state(vcpu, state);
  +
  +                       vcpu_set_cpuid_property(vcpu, X86_PROPERTY_MAX_PHY_ADDR, 36);
  +                       __vcpu_nested_state_set(vcpu, &state->nested);
  +               } else {
  +                       vcpu_load_state(vcpu, state);
  +               }

                  /*
                   * Restore XSAVE state in a dummy vCPU, first without doing

generates:

  WARNING: CPU: 30 PID: 938 at arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c:1877 svm_set_nested_state+0x34a/0x360 [kvm_amd]
  Modules linked in: kvm_amd kvm irqbypass [last unloaded: kvm]
  CPU: 30 UID: 1000 PID: 938 Comm: state_test Tainted: G        W           6.18.0-rc7-58e10b63777d-next-vm
  Tainted: [W]=WARN
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015
  RIP: 0010:svm_set_nested_state+0x34a/0x360 [kvm_amd]
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0xf33/0x1700 [kvm]
   kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x4e6/0x8f0 [kvm]
   __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8f/0xd0
   do_syscall_64+0x61/0xad0
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

Simply delete the WARN instead of trying to prevent userspace from shoving
"illegal" state into CR3.  For better or worse, KVM's ABI allows userspace
to set CPUID after SREGS, and vice versa, and KVM is very permissive when
it comes to guest CPUID.  I.e. attempting to enforce the virtual CPU model
when setting CPUID could break userspace.  Given that the WARN doesn't
provide any meaningful protection for KVM or benefit for userspace, simply
drop it even though the odds of breaking userspace are minuscule.

Opportunistically delete a spurious newline.

## Affected

- `Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd < 155ec243ef726f4bc49536fa0bfb565dc011ab17`
- `Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd < 580ea57840864d40e019bc13fd26afdc8d510a2f`
- `Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd < deb8f6dfd31d94b18dbeeaa8c01fbec5fc70fd2b`
- `Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd < ce904c8a5bbe697eae0f7e34b07095bd7a6dee19`
- `Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd < 969e5e13ff5c18603f21d1f9f64ec9194e141ac0`
- `Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd < ebb2ab4f1c87d6b52776292cf7dc16aea48e95f8`
- `Linux >= b222b0b88162bdef4eceb12a79d5edbbdb23dbfd < fc3ba56385d03501eb582e4b86691ba378e556f9`
- `Linux 5.14`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.