CVE-2026-43265

KVM: x86: Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events from vcpu_block()

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
May 6, 2026
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
May 1, 2026

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Description

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

KVM: x86: Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events from vcpu_block()

Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events after exiting a blocking state while L2 is active, as exiting to userspace will generate a spurious userspace exit, usually with KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN, and likely lead to the VM's demise. Continuing with the wakeup isn't perfect either, as *something* has gone sideways if a vCPU is awakened in L2 with an injected event (or worse, a nested run pending), but continuing on gives the VM a decent chance of surviving without any major side effects.

As explained in the Fixes commits, it _should_ be impossible for a vCPU to be put into a blocking state with an already-injected event (exception, IRQ, or NMI). Unfortunately, userspace can stuff MP_STATE and/or injected events, and thus put the vCPU into what should be an impossible state.

Don't bother trying to preserve the WARN, e.g. with an anti-syzkaller Kconfig, as WARNs can (hopefully) be added in paths where _KVM_ would be violating x86 architecture, e.g. by WARNing if KVM attempts to inject an exception or interrupt while the vCPU isn't running.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 26844fee6adee9b1557d2279b0506285de9ee82b to before 78265cd066d73a5cb41c088fcae4a2515e480d97Affected
  • 26844fee6adee9b1557d2279b0506285de9ee82b to before ec3be7dc9391085a2d96700e159d66d1328b7ff6Affected
  • 26844fee6adee9b1557d2279b0506285de9ee82b to before 2657439265d34a911886b916ba8be97ecc117d51Affected
  • 26844fee6adee9b1557d2279b0506285de9ee82b to before 1e88b5f854bdb469424132e0bb44793ad7a7c20aAffected
  • 26844fee6adee9b1557d2279b0506285de9ee82b to before 1c957773063ed3264953597e32990a748381caf6Affected
  • 26844fee6adee9b1557d2279b0506285de9ee82b to before ead63640d4e72e6f6d464f4e31f7fecb79af8869Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.1Affected
  • before 6.1Not affected
  • 6.1.167 through 6.1.*Not affected
  • 6.6.130 through 6.6.*Not affected
  • 6.12.77 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.17 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 6.19.6 through 6.19.*Not affected
  • 7.0 and laterNot affected

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