CVE-2026-89908

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: KVM: Preserve memslot arch flags on KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region() computes new->arch.flags, i.e. whether a memslot is KVM_MEM_HUGEPAGE_CAPABLE or KVM_MEM_HUGEPAGE_INCAPABLE, only for KVM_MR_CREATE and KVM_MR_MOVE, and returns early for every other change. But the generic code allocates a zeroed memslot for every change and never copies old->arch, so after a KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY update, e.g. toggling KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES for live migration, the active memslot has arch.flags == 0. With both flags clear, fault_supports_huge_mapping() falls through to the alignment check on the HVA range alone, which no longer verifies that the GPA and HVA have the same offset within a PMD. A memslot that was marked KVM_MEM_HUGEPAGE_INCAPABLE because of a GPA/HVA offset mismatch can then be mapped with PMD entries on read faults, and since kvm_map_page() aligns the gfn and the pfn independently, the guest ends up accessing the wrong host pages, exactly the "d -> f, e -> g" case described in the comment above the check. Carry the arch flags over from the old memslot for KVM_MR_FLAGS_ONLY, as the GPA, HVA and size are guaranteed to be unchanged for that case.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedSep 16, 2026
First seenSep 16, 2026

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux7c6df65b53846cd7a9a1c81c6ddb42fdc08603e8, 4e4dbc341b1581dc512b85d98b768373b0398366, bc7a6849b4395f45a602db91b0fb2fb2e9ed4bba, 27a9bfee3bbcb3cabb77797354f07e0e44e49831 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux7ab6fb505b2a7447c4a7237a12c59e3ad0c7298c ≤ v < 7c6df65b53846cd7a9a1c81c6ddb42fdc08603e8, 7ab6fb505b2a7447c4a7237a12c59e3ad0c7298c ≤ v < 4e4dbc341b1581dc512b85d98b768373b0398366, 7ab6fb505b2a7447c4a7237a12c59e3ad0c7298c ≤ v < bc7a6849b4395f45a602db91b0fb2fb2e9ed4bba, 7ab6fb505b2a7447c4a7237a12c59e3ad0c7298c ≤ v < 27a9bfee3bbcb3cabb77797354f07e0e44e49831, 6.87c6df65b53846cd7a9a1c81c6ddb42fdc08603e8, 4e4dbc341b1581dc512b85d98b768373b0398366, bc7a6849b4395f45a602db91b0fb2fb2e9ed4bba, 27a9bfee3bbcb3cabb77797354f07e0e44e49831

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