CVE-2026-98863
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Re-pend GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES if getting said pages fails Re-pend GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES before exiting to userspace if getting the nested pages fails in the KVM_RUN path. If userspace re-runs the vCPU, and vmcs02 holds valid PFNs from the *previous* run of L2, then KVM could re-enter L2 with stale, unpinned PFNs mapped into e.g. the vAPIC page. Note, both SVM and VMX (as of commit 11722439fb20 ("KVM: nVMX: Ensure KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES is cleared on VM-Exit") ensure the request is cleared on VM-Exit (including the "forced" case), i.e. there is no risk of double-mapping due to emulated VMLAUNCH/VMRESUME/VMRUN *and* the request trying to map the nested pages.
Properties
- Last source
- FIRST EPSS
- Nvd fetched at
- 2026-10-20T21:14:08.448323+00:00
- Epss score
- 0.00154
- Cve id
- CVE-2026-98863
- First seen by Signal
- 2026-10-18T18:05:59+00:00
- Retrieved at
- 2026-10-21T01:24:51+00:00
- Published at
- 2026-10-18T16:17:40.780
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19T10:19:50.380
- Epss percentile
- 0.04188
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