# CVE-2024-36953: KVM: arm64: vgic-v2: Check for non-NULL vCPU in vgic\_v2\_parse\_attr()

- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-30 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: vgic-v2: Check for non-NULL vCPU in vgic_v2_parse_attr() vgic_v2_parse_attr() is responsible for finding the vCPU that matches the user-provided CPUID, which (of course) may not be valid. If the ID is invalid, kvm_get_vcpu_by_id() returns NULL, which isn't handled gracefully. Similar to the GICv3 uaccess flow, check that kvm_get_vcpu_by_id() actually returns something and fail the ioctl if not.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4404465a1bee3607ad90a4c5f9e16dfd75b85728
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17db92da8be5dd3bf63c01f4109fe47db64fc66f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5b0378ac6776c7c31b18e0f3c1389bd6005e80
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d6a1c8e3de36cb0f5e866f1a582b00939e23104
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01981276d64e542c177b243f7c979fee855d5487
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ddb4f372fc63210034b903d96ebbeb3c7195adb

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