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CVE-2026-90040 KVM: SEV: Forcefully invalidate SNP VMSA if its backing gmem page is zapped

🗓️ 16 Sep 2026 10:33:38Reported by LinuxType 
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KVM SEV VMSA not invalidated when backing gmem page zapped, causing RMP page fault.

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CVE-2026-90040
16 Sep 202610:33
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EUVD-2026-80648
16 Sep 202610:33
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CVE-2026-90040
16 Sep 202611:17
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  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h",
      "arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h",
      "arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c",
      "arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c",
      "arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c",
      "arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h",
      "arch/x86/kvm/x86.c",
      "include/linux/kvm_host.h",
      "virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "e366f92ea99e1961fbad5e2110900e9f4fcb249b",
        "lessThan": "2640cc26ed0dd1bf6ec2f6852a60e494093db3e5",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
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        "lessThan": "d1a3c216233413f57f5341a9b878b7e2dde7e785",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h",
      "arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h",
      "arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c",
      "arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c",
      "arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c",
      "arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h",
      "arch/x86/kvm/x86.c",
      "include/linux/kvm_host.h",
      "virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "6.11",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.11",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "7.2.5",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "7.3-rc1",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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