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CVE-2026-89932

Last refreshed2026-10-19

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-89932

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-89932
CVSS Score / Version
8.8 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-10-19
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Prose
attack vector is local; attack complexity is low; privileges required is low; user interaction is none; scope is changed; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Affected products
Linux Kernel

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
LinuxLinux Kernel
SubsystemsOT Supporting Infrastructure
SectorsAll Sectors

What to Know

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

KVM: nVMX: Always flush vpid02 on first use

Make sure vpid02 is always flushed on first use by setting last_vpid=0

when allocating vpid02. nested_vmx_transition_tlb_flush() will always

detect a VPID change on first VM-Enter after VMXON, because VPID=0 in

vmcs12 is not allowed if L1 enables VPID.

This avoids using stale TLB entries from a previous lifetime of the

VPID, that might have been associated with a different vCPU (or a

completely different VM).

Note that last_vpid is already being initialized as 0 when the vCPU is

created, but it is not reset when vpid02 is freed on VMXOFF. Hence, the

problem can only occur if L1 does VMXOFF -> VMXON, runs an L2, and KVM

happens to reuse a VPID that has TLB entries on the physical CPU. (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89932
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89932
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