CVE-2026-89932

CVE-2026-89932

High · published September 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

KVM: nVMX: Always flush vpid02 on first use

Make sure vpid02 is always flushed on first use by setting last_vpid=0

when allocating vpid02. nested_vmx_transition_tlb_flush() will always

detect a VPID change on first VM-Enter after VMXON, because VPID=0 in

vmcs12 is not allowed if L1 enables VPID.

This avoids using stale TLB entries from a previous lifetime of the

VPID, that might have been associated with a different vCPU (or a

completely different VM).

Note that last_vpid is already being initialized as 0 when the vCPU is

created, but it is not reset when vpid02 is freed on VMXOFF. Hence, the

problem can only occur if L1 does VMXOFF -> VMXON, runs an L2, and KVM

happens to reuse a VPID that has TLB entries on the physical CPU.

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
0.00164 · 5.3th percentile
Published
2026-09-16T15:17Z
References (7)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 SEP 04:02Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 16 SEP 10:32Z
    KVM: nVMX: Always flush vpid02 on first use
    cvelistv5