{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-46032", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-13T15:03:33.093Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-27T12:56:41.159Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-27T12:56:41.159Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-27T12:56:41.159Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT\n\nIf loading L1's CR3 fails on a nested #VMEXIT, nested_svm_vmexit()\nreturns an error code that is ignored by most callers, and continues to\nrun L1 with corrupted state. A sane recovery is not possible in this\ncase, and HW behavior is to cause a shutdown. Inject a triple fault\ninstead, and do not return early from nested_svm_vmexit(). Continue\ncleaning up the vCPU state (e.g. clear pending exceptions), to handle\nthe failure as gracefully as possible.\n\nFrom the APM:\n\n  Upon #VMEXIT, the processor performs the following actions in order to\n  return to the host execution context:\n\n  ...\n\n  if (illegal host state loaded, or exception while loading host state)\n      shutdown\n  else\n      execute first host instruction following the VMRUN\n\nRemove the return value of nested_svm_vmexit(), which is mostly\nunchecked anyway."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c", "arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c", "arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h"], "versions": [{"version": "d82aaef9c88aa27bce63751d6d6329920b1fe8da", "lessThan": "9a738cf170a4a2332ea3a15e23ec65b5757fe4a1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "d82aaef9c88aa27bce63751d6d6329920b1fe8da", "lessThan": "5d291ef0585ed880ed4dd71ea1a5965e0a65fb53", "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/kvm/svm/nested.c", "arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c", "arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h"], "versions": [{"version": "5.9", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.9", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.0.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.1-rc1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.9", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.9", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1-rc1"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a738cf170a4a2332ea3a15e23ec65b5757fe4a1"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d291ef0585ed880ed4dd71ea1a5965e0a65fb53"}], "title": "KVM: nSVM: Triple fault if restore host CR3 fails on nested #VMEXIT", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}