CVE-2026-98719None▾ SunlitIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SEV: Nullify "have run CPUs" mask pointer when freeing it Nullify have_run_cpus when freeing the mask, particularly in the error path of __sev_guest_init(), so th…
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: SEV: Nullify "have run CPUs" mask pointer when freeing it
Nullify have_run_cpus when freeing the mask, particularly in the error path of __sev_guest_init(), so that KVM doesn't have to subtly use sev->active to track whether or not the mask has been freed. As pointed out by Sashiko, blindly freeing the mask in sev_vm_destroy() results in a double-free if the mask is freed if __sev_guest_init() fails.
Throw the logic in a helper as nullifying the pointer is frustratingly difficult and weird due to have_run_cpus being a single-entry array when CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=n. Deliberately don't use CPUMASK_VAR_NULL, as it's not directly assignable when the cpumask is on-stack, e.g. requires using a local variable and a memcpy(), which is beyond ridiculous. Furthermore, while clearing the on-stack bitmask is an unnecessary and arguably unwanted side effect, KVM absolutely relies on '0' being the "null" value given that the struct is zero-allocated.
Opportunistically add an alloc() helper to pair with free(); there are just enough call sites to make doing so worthwhile.
Linux >= 6aef7cf800098749ff5d660222efaf6e01e98c09 < b1de3ebf59507e0edacaa5cfa2225bc1869e1b63Linux >= 9784e5ca91b37b387f3f414af4340c54f7a63566 < 0fbc7fec2242de6c3dcea6de55573c428e820173Linux >= 12c1f6e03f944e399bd2c88441dca5dc702b95a5 < 8abbc76120a74bfba1851bd97528099d715e45c6Linux >= 6.18.55 < 6.18.56Linux >= 7.2.9 < 7.2.10Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
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