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CVE-2026-72280

KVM: arm64: nv: Drop bogus WARN for write to ZCR_EL2

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: nv: Drop bogus WARN for write to ZCR_EL2 It is entirely possible for a guest to write to the ZCR_EL2 sysreg alias while in a nested context, as it is expected if FEAT_NV2 is advertised to the L1 hypervisor. Get rid of the bogus WARN which, since the hyp vectors were installed at this point, has the effect of a hyp_panic...

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 0cfc85b8f5cf3b77463d61542191c75ba0cc3a5f · fixed in 6561597dba97e3e8479a9919bda172cf43eb902c; From 0cfc85b8f5cf3b77463d61542191c75ba0cc3a5f · fixed in 5000bcae71c869cba6674c326fec2d8ad659ae3a; From 0cfc85b8f5cf3b77463d61542191c75ba0cc3a5f · fixed in 7deadbc5dab5b8e2316364603bc6281129c8461c; From 0cfc85b8f5cf3b77463d61542191c75ba0cc3a5f · fixed in 9f1667098c6ae7ec81a9a56859cfdacb822aa0d0

  • Linux Linux

    6.11

  • KernelLinux

    From 6.11.0 · fixed in 6.12.97; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.40; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.1.5

References 4

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