# CVE-2026-89513: RISC-V: KVM: Fix PMU event info array size overflow

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.57, 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from e309fd113b9f6c34672a487be08fecb7e12e7e29, fixed in ddbd71a3780942918a7d116d666313e5b3304d73; from e309fd113b9f6c34672a487be08fecb7e12e7e29, fixed in 82088f88c96b99c27a974d09b02c2b133262fadf; from e309fd113b9f6c34672a487be08fecb7e12e7e29, fixed in 735bc20c24187ca419c9d5e63860a54b91be34bd
- Linux: 6.18
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.18.0, fixed in 6.18.57; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RISC-V: KVM: Fix PMU event info array size overflow SBI PMU EVENT_GET_INFO stores guest-controlled num_events * sizeof(*einfo) in a 32-bit integer. On RV64, num_events = 0x10000001 makes 0x100000010 truncate to 16. KVM then allocates one entry but loops over the original num_events, causing out-of-bounds reads and writes. A nested guest triggered: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_event_info+0xa4/0x142 Read of size 4 at addr ff600000074d46b0 by task init/1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff8006471c>] kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_event_info+0xa4/0x142 [<ffffffff800690c0>] kvm_sbi_ext_pmu_handler+0xca/0x268 [<ffffffff8006779e>] kvm_riscv_vcpu_sbi_ecall+0xec/0x1e6 [<ffffffff8006008c>] kvm_riscv_vcpu_exit+0x48c/0x540 [<ffffffff8005ea0a>] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x37e/0xc80 Allocated by task 1: __kmalloc_noprof+0x19e/0x4b0 kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_event_info+0x72/0x142 kvm_sbi_ext_pmu_handler+0xca/0x268 kvm_riscv_vcpu_sbi_ecall+0xec/0x1e6 kvm_riscv_vcpu_exit+0x48c/0x540 kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x37e/0xc80 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of allocated 16-byte region [ff600000074d46a0, ff600000074d46b0) Store the shared-memory size in size_t and reject multiplication overflow. Allocate the guest-driven array with GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT so it is charged to kmemcg, and use __GFP_NOWARN to suppress allocation failure warnings. Use kvcalloc() to allow vmalloc fallback and an unsigned long loop index to match num_events.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18.57, 7.2.4) per the references below.
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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/ddbd71a3780942918a7d116d666313e5b3304d73
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82088f88c96b99c27a974d09b02c2b133262fadf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/735bc20c24187ca419c9d5e63860a54b91be34bd

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