CVE-2026-31553: KVM: arm64: Fix the descriptor address in __kvm_at_swap_desc()

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Fix the descriptor address in __kvm_at_swap_desc() Using "(u64 __user *)hva + offset" to get the virtual addresses of S1/S2 descriptors looks really wrong, if offset is not zero. What we want to get for swapping is hva + offset, not hva + offset*8. ;-) Fix it.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.19.1 before 6.19.11; 6.19, 7.0-rc1, 7.0-rc2, 7.0-rc3, 7.0-rc4, 7.0-rc5 (+2) — fixed in 6.19.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.19.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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