kernel: Linux kernel KVM: Privilege escalation or denial of service due to improper shadow page table entry handling

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM component. A local attacker with privileges on the host system could exploit a vulnerability in how KVM handles shadow page table entries SPTEs during memory-mapped I/O MMIO operations. By manipulating guest page table entrie...

kernel: Linux kernel KVM: Privilege escalation or denial of service due to improper shadow page table entry handling

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM component. A local attacker with privileges on the host system could exploit a vulnerability in how KVM handles shadow page table entries SPTEs during memory-mapped I/O MMIO operations. By manipulating guest page table entrie...

PT-2026-29484

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 7.0.0-rc2-eafebd2d2ab0-sink-vm 319 Description A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's KVM component related to the handling of shadow-present SPTEs Stale Page Table Entries during the installation of emulate...

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-37936

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/intel: KVM: Mask PEBSENABLE loaded for guest with vCPU's value. When generating the MSRIA32PEBSENABLE value that will be loaded on VM-Entry to a KVM guest, mask the value with the vCPU's desired PEBSENABLE value...