CVE-2026-64555

KVM: arm64: nv: Fix SPSR_EL2 restore in kvm_hyp_handle_mops()

State
Published
Severity
8.8 High
Published
Jul 27, 2026
Updated
Aug 17, 2026
Reserved
Jul 19, 2026

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Description

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

KVM: arm64: nv: Fix SPSR_EL2 restore in kvm_hyp_handle_mops()

kvm_hyp_handle_mops() resets the single-step state machine as part of rewinding state for a MOPS exception by modifying vcpu_cpsr() and writing the result directly into hardware.

In the case of nested virtualization, vcpu_cpsr() is a synthetic value such that the rest of KVM can deal with vEL2 cleanly. That means the value requires translation before being written into hardware, which is unfortunately missing from the MOPS handler.

Fix it by directly modifying SPSR_EL2 and avoiding the synthetic state altogether, which will be resynchronized on the next 'full' exit back to KVM.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.18.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 2de451a329cf662beeba71f63c7f83ee24ca6642 to before 10a568010e827108d149779908850afaec898846Affected
  • 2de451a329cf662beeba71f63c7f83ee24ca6642 to before 884b44256041ec6b2dcbe8e6a67384d26145cba1Affected
  • 2de451a329cf662beeba71f63c7f83ee24ca6642 to before dd3b237eb7780d65eae296d3d3a70012b6e7a02fAffected
  • 2de451a329cf662beeba71f63c7f83ee24ca6642 to before ff1022c3de46753eb7eba2f6efd990569e66ff95Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.7Affected
  • before 6.7Not affected
  • 6.12.97 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.40 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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