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Linux CVE-2026-46032

| EUVD-2026-32413
2026-05-27 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 GHSA-rgj9-vx7j-x86j

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
May 27, 2026 - 19:46 EUVD
CVE Published
May 27, 2026 - 14:17 nvd
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionNVD

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

KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT

If loading L1's CR3 fails on a nested #VMEXIT, nested_svm_vmexit() returns an error code that is ignored by most callers, and continues to run L1 with corrupted state. A sane recovery is not possible in this case, and HW behavior is to cause a shutdown. Inject a triple fault instead, and do not return early from nested_svm_vmexit(). Continue cleaning up the vCPU state (e.g. clear pending exceptions), to handle the failure as gracefully as possible.

From the APM:

Upon #VMEXIT, the processor performs the following actions in order to return to the host execution context:

...

if (illegal host state loaded, or exception while loading host state) shutdown else execute first host instruction following the VMRUN

Remove the return value of nested_svm_vmexit(), which is mostly unchecked anyway.

Analysis

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT If loading L1's CR3 fails on a nested #VMEXIT, nested_svm_vmexit() returns an error code that is ignored by most callers, and continues to run L1 with corrupted state. A sane recovery is not possible in this case, and HW behavior is to cause a shutdown. …

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