Critical severity · published Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-89918
KVM: arm64: Correctly handle end of VA space TLBI invalidation
9.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: arm64: Correctly handle end of VA space TLBI invalidation
Our TLB invalidation by VA code is based on comparing two ranges,
one defined by the TLB, and one defined by the TLBI instruction.
Each range is defined by a start and a size. However, the way the
comparison is done doesn't account for address rollover, as it
compares an address with (base + size). This works nicely until
this expression represent the last page/block in the TTBR1 VA space,
as the result is a big fat 0. And a failed TLB invalidation.
Rewrite the comparison in a way that is immune to the address
rollover (making the end address inclusive instead of exclusive),
and move this into a common helper that is used by both VA and IPA
invalidations, as suggested by Hyunwoo Kim (although the IPA version
didn't suffer from this particular problem, obviously).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
4ffa72ad8f37e73bbb6c0baa88557bcb4fd39929 before ce447651a52ec077694172af10c4fffb11f56c43; 4ffa72ad8f37e73bbb6c0baa88557bcb4fd39929 before c624731ca6fe59ad8909ce4108301aa7560a91d6; 4ffa72ad8f37e73bbb6c0baa88557bcb4fd39929 before 34af2c3e31f91a739dc175459fdbd99ed952b457; 6.16 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89918
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89918
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34af2c3e31f91a739dc175459fdbd99ed952b457
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c624731ca6fe59ad8909ce4108301aa7560a91d6
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce447651a52ec077694172af10c4fffb11f56c43
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