GHSA-J2WF-F982-8F9V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33
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Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: arm64: vgic: Check the interrupt is still ours before migrating it

vgic_prune_ap_list() drops both ap_list_lock and irq_lock while migrating an interrupt to another vCPU. After reacquiring the locks it only checks that the affinity is unchanged (target_vcpu == vgic_target_oracle(irq)) before moving the interrupt, which assumes that an interrupt whose affinity is preserved is still queued on this vCPU's ap_list.

That assumption no longer holds if the interrupt is taken off the ap_list while the locks are dropped. vgic_flush_pending_lpis() removes the interrupt from the list and sets irq->vcpu to NULL, but leaves enabled/pending/target_vcpu untouched. As the interrupt is still enabled and pending, vgic_target_oracle() returns the same target_vcpu, so the affinity check passes and list_del() is run a second time on an entry that has already been removed.

Also check that the interrupt is still assigned to this vCPU (irq->vcpu == vcpu) before moving it.

Severity
9.3 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-72289"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
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    "nvd_published_at": "2026-08-15T06:22:00Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: arm64: vgic: Check the interrupt is still ours before migrating it\n\nvgic_prune_ap_list() drops both ap_list_lock and irq_lock while migrating\nan interrupt to another vCPU. After reacquiring the locks it only checks\nthat the affinity is unchanged (target_vcpu == vgic_target_oracle(irq))\nbefore moving the interrupt, which assumes that an interrupt whose affinity\nis preserved is still queued on this vCPU\u0027s ap_list.\n\nThat assumption no longer holds if the interrupt is taken off the ap_list\nwhile the locks are dropped. vgic_flush_pending_lpis() removes the\ninterrupt from the list and sets irq-\u003evcpu to NULL, but leaves\nenabled/pending/target_vcpu untouched. As the interrupt is still enabled\nand pending, vgic_target_oracle() returns the same target_vcpu, so the\naffinity check passes and list_del() is run a second time on an entry that\nhas already been removed.\n\nAlso check that the interrupt is still assigned to this vCPU\n(irq-\u003evcpu == vcpu) before moving it.",
  "id": "GHSA-j2wf-f982-8f9v",
  "modified": "2026-08-17T06:33:22Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:32:18Z",
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