Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Virtualization v4.16 Images

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization release v4.16 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancements. OpenShift Virtualization is Red Hat's virtualization solution designed for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. This advisory contains OpenShift...

CVE-2026-98440

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM subsystem on ARM64 architectures. In nested virtualization configurations, shadow memory management structures are prematurely freed during shadow page flushes while other parts of the system may still reference them. A local...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98720

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Force MSR bitmap refresh if runtime eVMCS controls are modified Force a refresh of the vmcs02 MSR bitmap during nested VM-Enter if the runtime eVMCS controls pin, primary, secondary, etc. are being updated. If L1 isn't...

CVE-2026-98720

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Force MSR bitmap refresh if runtime eVMCS controls are modified Force a refresh of the vmcs02 MSR bitmap during nested VM-Enter if the runtime eVMCS controls pin, primary, secondary, etc. are being updated. If L1 isn't...

AZL-109266 CVE-2026-98720 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Force MSR bitmap refresh if runtime eVMCS controls are modified Force a refresh of the vmcs02 MSR bitmap during nested VM-Enter if the runtime eVMCS controls pin, primary, secondary, etc. are being updated. If L1 isn't...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98720

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Force MSR bitmap refresh if runtime eVMCS controls are modified Force a refresh of the vmcs02 MSR bitmap during nested VM-Enter if the runtime eVMCS controls pin, primary, secondary, etc. are being updated. If L1 isn't...

CVE-2026-98720

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Force MSR bitmap refresh if runtime eVMCS controls are modified Force a refresh of the vmcs02 MSR bitmap during nested VM-Enter if the runtime eVMCS controls pin, primary, secondary, etc. are being updated. If L1 isn't...

CVE-2026-98720 KVM: nVMX: Force MSR bitmap refresh if runtime eVMCS controls are modified

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Force MSR bitmap refresh if runtime eVMCS controls are modified Force a refresh of the vmcs02 MSR bitmap during nested VM-Enter if the runtime eVMCS controls pin, primary, secondary, etc. are being updated. If L1 isn't...

CVE-2026-98720 KVM: nVMX: Force MSR bitmap refresh if runtime eVMCS controls are modified

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Force MSR bitmap refresh if runtime eVMCS controls are modified Force a refresh of the vmcs02 MSR bitmap during nested VM-Enter if the runtime eVMCS controls pin, primary, secondary, etc. are being updated. If L1 isn't...

EUVD-2026-103974

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Force MSR bitmap refresh if runtime eVMCS controls are modified Force a refresh of the vmcs02 MSR bitmap during nested VM-Enter if the runtime eVMCS controls pin, primary, secondary, etc. are being updated. If L1 isn't...

CVE-2026-98720

The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability in KVM related to nVMX nested virtualization. Specifically, the system fails to force a refresh of the vmcs02 MSR bitmap during nested VM-Enter when runtime eVMCS controls (such as pin, primary, or secondary) are updated. This can occur if L1 does not int...

CVE-2026-98720: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Force MSR bitmap refresh if runtime eVMCS controls are modified Force a refresh of the vmcs02 MSR bitmap during nested VM-Enter if the runtime eVMCS controls pin, primary, secondary, etc. are being updated. If L1 isn't...

PT-2026-116939

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: nVMX: Force MSR bitmap refresh if runtime eVMCS controls are modified Force a refresh of the vmcs02 MSR bitmap during nested VM-Enter if the runtime eVMCS controls pin, primary, secondary, etc. are being updated. If L1 isn't...

SUSE CVE-2026-43161

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Skip dev-iotlb flush for inaccessible PCIe device without scalable mode PCIe endpoints with ATS enabled and passed through to userspace e.g., QEMU, DPDK can hard-lock the host when their link drops, either by surprise...

CVE-2026-89930

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM nested virtualization nVMX component. KVM fails to perform necessary Translation Lookaside Buffer TLB flushes when a nested virtual machine VM entry operation fails. This can lead to an outdated TLB state, potentially allowin...

EUVD-2023-59906

Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Ensure liveliness of nested VM-Enter fail tracepoint message Use the string machinery provided by the tracing subsystem to create a copy of the string literals used in the “nested VM-Enter failed” tracepoint. A complete...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux

A issue was discovered in Linux: improper handling of VMIO|VMPFNMAP vmas in KVM can bypass RO checks and cause pages to be freed while still accessible by the VMM and guest. This allows users who have the ability to start and control a VM to read/write random pages of memory, potentially leading ...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 6.1, Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86 – Mark the target gfn of the emulated atomic instruction as dirty When emulating an atomic access on behalf of the guest, mark the target gfn as dirty if the CMPXCHG instruction attempts to be executed and fails without ...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1, and Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Fixed a situation where a hard lockup occurs in the virtual machine after prolonged inactivity, due to the periodic HV timer. When advancing the expiration of the guest’s APIC timer in periodic mode, set the expiration ...