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Unscored CVE-2026-23114 EUVD-2026-6033GHSA-g579-pq4g-x964

arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Fix SVE writes on !SME systems

Published Feb 14, 2026 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Fix SVE writes on !SME systems

When SVE is supported but SME is not supported, a ptrace write to the
NT_ARM_SVE regset can place the tracee into an invalid state where
(non-streaming) SVE register data is stored in FP_STATE_SVE format but
TIF_SVE is clear. This can result in a later warning from
fpsimd_restore_current_state(), e.g.

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 7214 at arch/arm64/kernel/fpsimd.c:383 fpsimd_restore_current_state+0x50c/0x748

When this happens, fpsimd_restore_current_state() will set TIF_SVE,
placing the task into the correct state. This occurs before any other
check of TIF_SVE can possibly occur, as other checks of TIF_SVE only
happen while the FPSIMD/SVE/SME state is live. Thus, aside from the
warning, there is no functional issue.

This bug was introduced during rework to error handling in commit:

9f8bf718f2923 ("arm64/fpsimd: ptrace: Gracefully handle errors")

... where the setting of TIF_SVE was moved into a block which is only
executed when system_supports_sme() is true.

Fix this by removing the system_supports_sme() check. This ensures that
TIF_SVE is set for (SVE-formatted) writes to NT_ARM_SVE, at the cost of
unconditionally manipulating the tracee's saved svcr value. The
manipulation of svcr is benign and inexpensive, and we already do
similar elsewhere (e.g. during signal handling), so I don't think it's
worth guarding this with system_supports_sme() checks.

Aside from the above, there is no functional change. The 'type' argument
to sve_set_common() is only set to ARM64_VEC_SME (in ssve_set())) when
system_supports_sme(), so the ARM64_VEC_SME case in the switch statement
is still unreachable when !system_supports_sme(). When
CONFIG_ARM64_SME=n, the only caller of sve_set_common() is sve_set(),
and the compiler can constant-fold for the case where type is
ARM64_VEC_SVE, removing the logic for other cases.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.16 6.18.8

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 6.18.8-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 25.10 linux +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.17 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1 USN-8604-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.17 6.17.0-1018.18~24.04.1 USN-8605-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.17 6.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1 USN-8570-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.17 6.17.0-41.41~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-6.17 6.17.0-1031.31 USN-8669-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.17 6.17.0-1030.30 USN-8594-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.17 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3 USN-8570-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.17 6.17.0-1018.20~24.04.1 USN-8570-1

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