PT-2026-40690 · Linux · Linux

Published

2026-05-13

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Updated

2026-05-13

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CVE-2026-43483

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: SVM: Set/clear CR8 write interception when AVIC is (de)activated
Explicitly set/clear CR8 write interception when AVIC is (de)activated to fix a bug where KVM leaves the interception enabled after AVIC is activated. E.g. if KVM emulates INIT=>WFS while AVIC is deactivated, CR8 will remain intercepted in perpetuity.
On its own, the dangling CR8 intercept is "just" a performance issue, but combined with the TPR sync bug fixed by commit d02e48830e3f ("KVM: SVM: Sync TPR from LAPIC into VMCB::V TPR even if AVIC is active"), the danging intercept is fatal to Windows guests as the TPR seen by hardware gets wildly out of sync with reality.
Note, VMX isn't affected by the bug as TPR THRESHOLD is explicitly ignored when Virtual Interrupt Delivery is enabled, i.e. when APICv is active in KVM's world. I.e. there's no need to trigger update cr8 intercept(), this is firmly an SVM implementation flaw/detail.
WARN if KVM gets a CR8 write #VMEXIT while AVIC is active, as KVM should never enter the guest with AVIC enabled and CR8 writes intercepted.
[Squash fix to avic deactivate vmcb. - Paolo]

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-43483

Affected Products

Linux