Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2026
CVE-2026-98469
CVE-2026-98469
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: arm64: Fix AArch32 DBGBXVR handling
The consolidation of the breakpoint and watchpoint register accessors switched DBGBXVR from trap_bvr() to trap_dbg_wb_reg(). The latter selects backing storage with demux_wb_reg(), which only handles Op2 values 4 through 7. Since DBGBXVR uses Op2 1, an AArch32 guest access hits KVM_BUG_ON() and marks the VM dead.
DBGBXVR aliases DBGBVR_EL1[63:32], and its AA32(HI) descriptor already selects the upper half. Map Op2 1 to dbg_bvr[] alongside Op2 4, restoring the pre-regression behavior.
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