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High · 8.8 CVE-2024-26598 EUVD-2024-23860GHSA-xfvp-h462-p6q2

KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Avoid potential UAF in LPI translation cache

Published Feb 23, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Avoid potential UAF in LPI translation cache

There is a potential UAF scenario in the case of an LPI translation
cache hit racing with an operation that invalidates the cache, such
as a DISCARD ITS command. The root of the problem is that
vgic_its_check_cache() does not elevate the refcount on the vgic_irq
before dropping the lock that serializes refcount changes.

Have vgic_its_check_cache() raise the refcount on the returned vgic_irq
and add the corresponding decrement after queueing the interrupt.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.11 5.4.269

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.6.15-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.6.15-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.76-1 —
Debian 10 linux-5.10 5.10.209-2~deb10u1 DLA-3841-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1040.42 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-102.112 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1057.63 USN-6725-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1060.69 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.5 6.5.0-1022.23~22.04.1 USN-6819-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1060.69.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1055.63 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.5 6.5.0-1022.24~22.04.1 USN-6818-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke +1 5.15.0-1054.59 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1040.46 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-41.41~22.04.2 USN-6818-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm +1 5.15.0-1050.53 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1052.58 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 6.5.0-41.41.1~22.04.1 USN-6818-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1048.48 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.5 6.5.0-1021.22 USN-6818-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1025.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1012.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.1 6.1.0-1035.35 USN-6688-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oem-6.5 6.5.0-1024.25 USN-6819-3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1055.61 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.5 6.5.0-1024.24~22.04.1 USN-6819-4
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +21 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.5 6.5.0-40.40.1~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-starfive-6.5 6.5.0-1015.16~22.04.1 USN-6819-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1030.34 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-181.201 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1124.134 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1057.63~20.04.1 USN-6725-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1129.136 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1060.69~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15 5.15.0-1060.69~20.04.1.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1084.91 USN-6767-2
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1128.137 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1055.63~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1091.95 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1040.46~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-102.112~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1071.76 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1050.53~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1052.58~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1036.37 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1112.119 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1025.25~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1123.132 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1055.61~20.04.1 USN-6725-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1108.120 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1053.57~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1043.47 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2001.1 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1050.52 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1058.66 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.15.0-1057.63+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1060.69+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-102.112+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1055.63+fips2 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1124.134+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1129.136+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1098.108 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1128.137+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1124.134~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1129.136~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1128.137~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-181.201~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1071.76~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1123.132~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1108.120~18.04.1 USN-6767-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9.2 EUS bpftool 7.0.0-284.69.1.el9_2 RHSA-2024:3855
RHEL 9.2 EUS kernel-rt +14 5.14.0-284.69.1.rt14.354.el9_2 RHSA-2024:3854
RHEL 9.2 EUS perf +47 5.14.0-284.69.1.el9_2 RHSA-2024:3855
RHEL 9.0 E4S perf +28 5.14.0-70.105.1.el9_0 RHSA-2024:4415
RHEL 8.8 EUS perf +26 4.18.0-477.64.1.el8_8 RHSA-2024:4740
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 8.6 TUS perf +17 4.18.0-372.126.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:8161
RHEL 8.6 E4S perf +25 4.18.0-372.126.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:8161
RHEL 8.6 AUS perf +17 4.18.0-372.126.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:8161
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0858-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.37.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0855-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.52.1.150500.6.23.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0858-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +3 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2.150400.24.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.111.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2.150400.24.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +1 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.111.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0858-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.52.1.150500.6.23.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0858-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.38.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0910-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2.150400.24.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.71.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0977-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2.150400.24.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.71.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0977-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0858-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_11 +1 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0910-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0858-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4-RT_Update_19 1-150400.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0977-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_24 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +2 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2.150400.24.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.111.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.38.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0910-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default +1 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-2, SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2.150400.24.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-2, SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +1 5.14.21-150400.24.111.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-2, SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-2, SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2.150400.24.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-2, SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +1 5.14.21-150400.24.111.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-2, SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +10 5.14.21-150500.55.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0858-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.37.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0855-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.52.1.150500.6.23.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0858-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.38.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0910-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2.150400.24.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150400.15.71.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0977-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.111.2.150400.24.52.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0900-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150400.15.71.1 SUSE-SU-2024:0977-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.75-99.163 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-519
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.75-99.163.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-519

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