Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2026-64287
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Bound used_lrs when flushing the pKVM hyp vCPU flush_hyp_vcpu() copies the host vGIC state into the hyp's private vCPU on every run. The vGIC list register save and restore use used_lrs as their loop bound and expect it to stay within the number of implemented list registers. While this is generally the case, flush_hyp_vcpu() copies vgic_v3 verbatim and does not enforce this, so a value provided by the host is used at EL2 to index vgic_lr[] and access ICH_LR<n>_EL2 (host -> EL2). Fix by clamping used_lrs to the number of implemented list registers after the copy, as the trusted path already does in vgic_flush_lr_state(). The number of implemented list registers is constant after init, so it is replicated once from kvm_vgic_global_state.nr_lr into hyp_gicv3_nr_lr rather than read on every entry.
EPSS: 0.002 (7.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions be66e67f175096f283c9d5614c4991fc9e7ed975, 7.2-rc1, 6.6.145
- Linux Linux_kernel
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-64287?
- CVE-2026-64287 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2026-07-25.
- How severe is CVE-2026-64287?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.