Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: SEV: Protect *all* of sev_mem_enc_register_region() with kvm->lock
Take and hold kvm->lock for before checking sev_guest() in
sev_mem_enc_register_region(), as sev_guest() isn't stable unless kvm->lock
is held (or KVM can guarantee KVM_SEV_INIT{2} has completed and can't
rollack state). If KVM_SEV_INIT{2} fails, KVM can end up trying to add to
a not-yet-initialized sev->regions_list, e.g. triggering a #GP
Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
CPU: 110 UID: 0 PID: 72717 Comm: syz.15.11462 Tainted: G U W O 6.16.0-smp-DEV #1 NONE
Tainted: [U]=USER, [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE
Hardware name: Google, Inc. Arcadia_IT_80/Arcadia_IT_80, BIOS 12.52.0-0 10/28/2024
RIP: 0010:sev_mem_enc_register_region+0x3f0/0x4f0 ../include/linux/list.h:83
Code: <41> 80 3c 04 00 74 08 4c 89 ff e8 f1 c7 a2 00 49 39 ed 0f 84 c6 00
RSP: 0018:ffff88838647fbb8 EFLAGS: 00010256
RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 1ffff92015cf1e0b RCX: dffffc0000000000
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000001000 RDI: ffff888367870000
RBP: ffffc900ae78f050 R08: ffffea000d9e0007 R09: 1ffffd4001b3c000
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: fffff94001b3c001 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: ffff8982ab0bde00 R14: ffffc900ae78f058 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f34e9dc66c0(0000) GS:ffff89ee64d33000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007fe180adef98 CR3: 000000047210e000 CR4: 0000000000350ef0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
kvm_arch_vm_ioctl+0xa72/0x1240 ../arch/x86/kvm/x86.c:7371
kvm_vm_ioctl+0x649/0x990 ../virt/kvm/kvm_main.c:5363
__se_sys_ioctl+0x101/0x170 ../fs/ioctl.c:51
do_syscall_x64 ../arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x6f/0x1f0 ../arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7f34e9f7e9a9
Code: <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f34e9dc6038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f34ea1a6080 RCX: 00007f34e9f7e9a9
RDX: 0000200000000280 RSI: 000000008010aebb RDI: 0000000000000007
RBP: 00007f34ea000d69 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 00007f34ea1a6080 R15: 00007ffce77197a8
</TASK>
with a syzlang reproducer that looks like:
syz_kvm_add_vcpu$x86(0x0, &(0x7f0000000040)={0x0, &(0x7f0000000180)=ANY=[], 0x70}) (async)
syz_kvm_add_vcpu$x86(0x0, &(0x7f0000000080)={0x0, &(0x7f0000000180)=ANY=[@ANYBLOB="..."], 0x4f}) (async)
r0 = openat$kvm(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000200), 0x0, 0x0)
r1 = ioctl$KVM_CREATE_VM(r0, 0xae01, 0x0)
r2 = openat$kvm(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000240), 0x0, 0x0)
r3 = ioctl$KVM_CREATE_VM(r2, 0xae01, 0x0)
ioctl$KVM_SET_CLOCK(r3, 0xc008aeba, &(0x7f0000000040)={0x1, 0x8, 0x0, 0x5625e9b0}) (async)
ioctl$KVM_SET_PIT2(r3, 0x8010aebb, &(0x7f0000000280)={[...], 0x5}) (async)
ioctl$KVM_SET_PIT2(r1, 0x4070aea0, 0x0) (async)
r4 = ioctl$KVM_CREATE_VM(0xffffffffffffffff, 0xae01, 0x0)
openat$kvm(0xffffffffffffff9c, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0) (async)
ioctl$KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION(r4, 0x4020ae46, &(0x7f0000000400)={0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x2000, &(0x7f0000001000/0x2000)=nil}) (async)
r5 = ioctl$KVM_CREATE_VCPU(r4, 0xae41, 0x2)
close(r0) (async)
openat$kvm(0xffffffffffffff9c, &(0x7f0000000000), 0x8000, 0x0) (async)
ioctl$KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG(r5, 0x4048ae9b, &(0x7f0000000300)={0x4376ea830d46549b, 0x0, [0x46, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x1000]}) (async)
ioctl$KVM_RUN(r5, 0xae80, 0x0)
Opportunistically use guard() to avoid having to define a new error label
and goto usage.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.16 | 6.1.191 |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 6.19.14-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 6.12.115-2 | — |
| Debian 12 | linux | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | linux-6.12 | 6.12.115-2~deb12u1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS | linux-bluefield | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS | linux-bluefield | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux | 7.0.0-27.27 | USN-8488-1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-aws | 7.0.0-1008.8 | USN-8488-1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-azure | 7.0.0-1010.10 | USN-8603-1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-gcp +1 | 7.0.0-1007.7 | USN-8488-1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-ibm +1 | 7.0.0-1009.9 | USN-8603-1, USN-8488-1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-nvidia | 7.0.0-1013.13 | USN-8507-1 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-raspi | 7.0.0-1014.14 | USN-8488-2 |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | linux-riscv +1 | 7.0.0-27.27.1 | USN-8488-1 |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | linux +8 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux +44 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-hwe-7.0 | 7.0.0-28.28~24.04.1 | USN-8569-1 |
Show 13 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux +59 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS | linux-realtime +2 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS | linux-fips +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS | linux-fips +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS | linux-fips +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS | linux-fips +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS | linux-fips +3 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | linux +21 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | linux-aws-5.4 +6 | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP7 | kernel-64kb +7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 |
| SLES 15 SP7 | kernel-default-base | 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1.150700.17.37.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 |
| SLES 12 SP5 | kernel-syms +2 | 4.12.14-122.320.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2914-1 |
Show 8 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | kernel-64kb +8 | 6.12.0-160000.37.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23231-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1 |
| SLES for SAP 16.0 | kernel-default-base | 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19 | SUSE-SU-2026:23231-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | kernel-64kb +8 | 6.12.0-160000.37.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23237-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23231-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | kernel-default-base | 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19 | SUSE-SU-2026:23231-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.2 | kernel-default-base | 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19 | SUSE-SU-2026:23068-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.2 | kernel-rt +5 | 6.12.0-160000.37.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23068-1, SUSE-SU-2026:23066-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.1 | kernel-default-base | 6.4.0-48.1.21.25 | SUSE-SU-2026:22460-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.1 | kernel-rt +4 | 6.4.0-48.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22460-1, SUSE-SU-2026:22458-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.0 | kernel-default-base | 6.4.0-48.1.21.25 | SUSE-SU-2026:22436-1 |
| SLE Micro 6.0 | kernel-rt +4 | 6.4.0-48.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:22436-1, SUSE-SU-2026:22433-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 | kernel-default | 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17 | 1-150700.1.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2799-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_17 | 1-150700.15.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 | kernel-default | 4.12.14-122.320.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2914-1 |
| SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 | kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_85 | 1-8.3.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2914-1 |
| SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 | kernel-rt +2 | 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2799-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | kernel-source | 7.0.3-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:10703-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | kernel-default-base | 6.12.0-160000.37.1.160000.2.19 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21555-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | kernel-rt +11 | 6.12.0-160000.37.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21555-1 |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | kernel-livepatch-6.18.25-55.108 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-1693 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | perf6.18 +11 | 1:6.18.25-55.108.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-1693 |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | kernel | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 21
- USN-8603-1 linux-azure, linux-azure-fde vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 13, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-1279 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026
- USN-8488-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-ibm, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 7, 2026
- USN-8569-1 linux-hwe-7.0 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 7, 2026
- USN-8488-2 linux-raspi vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 7, 2026
- USN-8507-1 linux-nvidia vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 7, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23231-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 27, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23237-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 27, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 27, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23066-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 15, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:23068-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 15, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21555-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Aug 12, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:2914-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 14, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:2799-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 9, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:22458-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:22460-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 4, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:22436-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 3, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:22433-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 3, 2026
- SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 2, 2026
- ALAS2023-2026-1693 Important: kernel6.18 security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · May 19, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:10703-1 kernel-devel-7.0.3-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2026
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c506405f438b3e739fa43d509d367d1946ad9ffe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/777a8ebd2da3529a455af022ed929408fdbb161f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25c85d5831201391fb920d51067c6d93cce55348
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35a0963d361f98bba798fd15d229dcb166c04684
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab725ac3022469ecd4d7aa7d5646712e98b249d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ff93ff0ba82e9511770e175fa50682a1ab14fb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6408b6cec5df76a165575777800ef2aba12b109