CVE-2026-64562

HIGH
8.8CVSS v3
CVSS v2
0.13% EPSS (exploit probability)
CWE

Description

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

KVM: nVMX: Hide shadow VMCS right after VMCLEAR

free_nested() frees the shadow VMCS while vmcs01 still points to it. But
because it is asynchronous with respect to loaded_vmcs_clear(), the vCPU
might migrate before the pointer is cleared and __loaded_vmcs_clear()
may then execute VMCLEAR.

The VMCS needs to stay attached until its explicit VMCLEAR completes, but
then it can be hidden and the page safely freed.

CVSS v3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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