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CVE-2026-98719

KVM: SEV: Nullify "have run CPUs" mask pointer when freeing it

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

KVM: SEV: Nullify "have run CPUs" mask pointer when freeing it

Nullify have_run_cpus when freeing the mask, particularly in the error path
of __sev_guest_init(), so that KVM doesn't have to subtly use sev->active
to track whether or not the mask has been freed.  As pointed out by Sashiko,
blindly freeing the mask in sev_vm_destroy() results in a double-free if
the mask is freed if __sev_guest_init() fails.

Throw the logic in a helper as nullifying the pointer is frustratingly
difficult and weird due to have_run_cpus being a single-entry array when
CPUMASK_OFFSTACK=n.  Deliberately don't use CPUMASK_VAR_NULL, as it's not
directly assignable when the cpumask is on-stack, e.g. requires using a
local variable and a memcpy(), which is beyond ridiculous.  Furthermore,
while clearing the on-stack bitmask is an unnecessary and arguably unwanted
side effect, KVM absolutely relies on '0' being the "null" value given that
the struct is zero-allocated.

Opportunistically add an alloc() helper to pair with free(); there are just
enough call sites to make doing so worthwhile.
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HerstellerLinux
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Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version 6aef7cf800098749ff5d660222efaf6e01e98c09
Version < b1de3ebf59507e0edacaa5cfa2225bc1869e1b63
Status affected
Version 9784e5ca91b37b387f3f414af4340c54f7a63566
Version < 0fbc7fec2242de6c3dcea6de55573c428e820173
Status affected
Version 12c1f6e03f944e399bd2c88441dca5dc702b95a5
Version < 8abbc76120a74bfba1851bd97528099d715e45c6
Status affected
HerstellerLinux
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Produkt Linux
Default Statusunaffected
Version 6.18.55
Version < 6.18.56
Status affected
Version 7.2.9
Version < 7.2.10
Status affected
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1de3ebf59507e0edacaa5cfa2225bc1869e1b63
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fbc7fec2242de6c3dcea6de55573c428e820173
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8abbc76120a74bfba1851bd97528099d715e45c6