CVE-2026-63875CWE-459

CVE-2026-63875

High · published July 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

arm64: tlb: Flush walk cache when unsharing PMD tables

When huge_pmd_unshare() is called to unshare a PMD table, the

tlb_unshare_pmd_ptdesc() function sets tlb->unshared_tables=true

but the aarch64 tlb_flush() only checked tlb->freed_tables to

determine whether to use TLBF_NONE (vae1is, invalidates walk

cache) or TLBF_NOWALKCACHE (vale1is, leaf-only).

This caused the stale PMD page table entry to remain in the walk cache

after unshare, potentially leading to incorrect page table walks.

Fix by including unshared_tables in the check, so that when

unsharing tables, TLBF_NONE is used and the walk cache is properly

invalidated.

Here is the detailed distinction between vae1is and vale1is:

| Instruction Combination | Actual Invalidation Scope |

| ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------|

| `VAE1IS` + TTL=`0` | All entries at all levels (full invalidation) |

| `VAE1IS` + TTL=`2` (L2) | Non-leaf at Level 0/1 + leaf at Level 2 |

| `VALE1IS` + TTL=`0` | Leaf entries at all levels (non-leaf not cleared) |

| `VALE1IS` + TTL=`2` (L2) | Leaf entry at Level 2 only |

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00176 · 6.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-459 · Incomplete Cleanup
Published
2026-07-19T20:17Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JUL 14:54Z
    arm64: tlb: Flush walk cache when unsharing PMD tables
    cvelistv5