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CVE-2026-89928

KVM: x86/mmu: Consume the locked rmap value in the lockless rmap walk

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

KVM: x86/mmu: Consume the locked rmap value in the lockless rmap walk

__kvm_rmap_lock() deliberately elides the rmap lock when it observes an
empty rmap.  In that case kvm_rmap_lock_readonly() also re-enables
preemption and returns zero, so the caller holds neither the rmap lock
nor a preemption reference.  The elision documents the invariant it
relies on:

	 * Elide the lock if the rmap is empty, as lockless walkers (read-only
	 * mode) don't need to (and can't) walk an empty rmap, nor can they add
	 * entries to the rmap.  I.e. the only paths that process empty rmaps
	 * do so while holding mmu_lock for write, and are mutually exclusive.

kvm_rmap_age_gfn_range() ignores the returned value and unconditionally
enters for_each_rmap_spte_lockless().  The iterator started with
rmap_get_first(), which re-reads rmap_head->val rather than using the
value returned by the lock.  If a writer populates the rmap between the
lock's read and the iterator's re-read, the aging path walks the newly
installed rmap without holding its lock.

For a KVM_RMAP_MANY rmap this leaves the walker following a
pte_list_desc chain that it never locked.  A writer holding mmu_lock for
write may free that chain (e.g. kvm_zap_all_rmap_sptes() on the recycle
path, or any rmap zap) via kmem_cache_free() while the walk is in
progress, giving a slab use-after-free.  Nothing serialises the two: the
aging path runs without mmu_lock when CONFIG_KVM_MMU_LOCKLESS_AGING=y,
and the rmap lock that would otherwise exclude the writer was elided.
Because the empty path re-enables preemption, the interval between the
two reads can span an arbitrary scheduling delay.

Fix the class of bug by having the lockless walk consume the value
returned by the lock instead of re-reading the rmap.  Split
rmap_get_first() into __rmap_get_first(), which starts an iterator from
an already-read rmap value, and make for_each_rmap_spte_lockless() take
that value and call __rmap_get_first() directly.
kvm_rmap_age_gfn_range() passes the value returned by
kvm_rmap_lock_readonly(): when the lock was elided the value is zero,
__rmap_get_first() returns NULL, and the walk is skipped.  No lockless
walker re-reads the rmap, so the lock-elision invariant cannot be
violated, and no lock()-without-paired-unlock() path is added to the
aging code.
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HerstellerLinux
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Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version af3b6a9eba48419732b07a0472db7160282f0f39
Version < 41debfc98526c0a95c41a62435aca0a70340a26d
Status affected
Version af3b6a9eba48419732b07a0472db7160282f0f39
Version < 8edb3c09e43f7cd8a5dfd291c6e0fc9c74d4621d
Status affected
Version af3b6a9eba48419732b07a0472db7160282f0f39
Version < e428f9779a43737d830111238816f1928b07aefb
Status affected
HerstellerLinux
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Produkt Linux
Default Statusaffected
Version 6.15
Status affected
Version 0
Version < 6.15
Status unaffected
Version <= 6.18.*
Version 6.18.51
Status unaffected
Version <= 7.2.*
Version 7.2.5
Status unaffected
Version <= *
Version 7.3-rc1
Status unaffected
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Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.16% 0.053
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 8.8 2 6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41debfc98526c0a95c41a62435aca0a70340a26d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8edb3c09e43f7cd8a5dfd291c6e0fc9c74d4621d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e428f9779a43737d830111238816f1928b07aefb