CVE-2026-63875
arm64: tlb: Flush walk cache when unsharing PMD tables
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Jul 19, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- Reserved
- Jul 19, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
arm64: tlb: Flush walk cache when unsharing PMD tables
When huge_pmd_unshare() is called to unshare a PMD table, the tlb_unshare_pmd_ptdesc() function sets tlb->unshared_tables=true but the aarch64 tlb_flush() only checked tlb->freed_tables to determine whether to use TLBF_NONE (vae1is, invalidates walk cache) or TLBF_NOWALKCACHE (vale1is, leaf-only).
This caused the stale PMD page table entry to remain in the walk cache after unshare, potentially leading to incorrect page table walks.
Fix by including unshared_tables in the check, so that when unsharing tables, TLBF_NONE is used and the walk cache is properly invalidated.
Here is the detailed distinction between vae1is and vale1is:
| Instruction Combination | Actual Invalidation Scope | | ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------| | `VAE1IS` + TTL=`0` | All entries at all levels (full invalidation) | | `VAE1IS` + TTL=`2` (L2) | Non-leaf at Level 0/1 + leaf at Level 2 | | `VALE1IS` + TTL=`0` | Leaf entries at all levels (non-leaf not cleared) | | `VALE1IS` + TTL=`2` (L2) | Leaf entry at Level 2 only |
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
Weaknesses
- CWE-459 Incomplete Cleanup
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dced308d7d6a0de1c09d2058f38f1aaaf5cbb914
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47490bbb05c8c0e09cc3cfd237d8934ffc340583
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0199c9d57861f17b556b6cba1f765c7cce79745b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d766a49d9b55705c4737cd8bb5d3faa2d31330fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ca7284da0e67b3e71d90ec17f08286774245ad9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe93e907b1af03cc229a80aa64a570a103d2b279
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48125cd9c55cbe297b59fd1f9bda48b0960bd181
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ff4764e03e7a8d758352f4aceb8fe1be6ac971
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