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CVE-2026-99168

28 October 2026

Register-page setup is optional for each CPU. If allocation or registration fails, mshv_vtl_configure_reg_page() warns and leaves that CPU's reg_page NULL, but initial context setup continues successfully. Meanwhile, successful setup on another CPU sets the global mshv_has_reg_page flag.

mshv_vtl_fault() checks this global flag before selecting the requested CPU's register page. With mixed setup results across online CPUs, the check passes even for a CPU with no register page, reaching get_page(NULL) when userspace faults in that mapping.

Check the selected per-CPU register page before taking its reference and return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS if it is absent.

Introduced

6.19 7bfe3b8ea6e30437e01fcb8e4f56ef6e4d986d0f

Fixed releases

7.2.13 5c0757b065fbd140d8fbd05dc2c2146b713dfa68

7.3 874194a8de75fc2f4d1fb70c670b289b7e48f93e

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