CVE-2026-64562CWE-416

CVE-2026-64562

High · published August 4, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

KVM: nVMX: Hide shadow VMCS right after VMCLEAR

free_nested() frees the shadow VMCS while vmcs01 still points to it. But

because it is asynchronous with respect to loaded_vmcs_clear(), the vCPU

might migrate before the pointer is cleared and __loaded_vmcs_clear()

may then execute VMCLEAR.

The VMCS needs to stay attached until its explicit VMCLEAR completes, but

then it can be hidden and the page safely freed.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00125 · 2.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2026-08-04T11:16Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 AUG 06:23Z
    KVM: nVMX: Hide shadow VMCS right after VMCLEAR
    cvelistv5