CVE-2026-46032
Description
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.
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Affected products
7- osv-coords4 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/linux-gcp-6.18-bootc-boot-installedpkg:apk/chainguard/linux-qemu-6.18-bootc-boot-installedpkg:linux/kernelpkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 6.18.38-r2+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r2
- (no CPE)range: < 6.18.38-r2
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.9.0, < 6.1.191
- (no CPE)range: < 7.0.11-1.1
Patches
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References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d291ef0585ed880ed4dd71ea1a5965e0a65fb53nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a738cf170a4a2332ea3a15e23ec65b5757fe4a1nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e661773890e6ba6b16064fad961da3dd311be43nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/af79992ecdb6817970d757fb5d853b8d9b55a0d6nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0eb0a8959ac2b808eb11548d002fe1f9b5650ccnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6318570a9b4e137b0b744832b920b38bb069561nvd
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