CVE-2026-98928

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98928
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98928.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-98928
Downstream
Published
2026-10-23T12:08:09Z
Modified
2026-10-28T02:30:52Z
Summary
KVM: arm64: Derive GUEST_HAS_SVE from the SVE feature bit at EL2
Details

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

KVM: arm64: Derive GUEST_HAS_SVE from the SVE feature bit at EL2

pkvm_init_features_from_host() takes KVM_ARCH_FLAG_GUEST_HAS_SVE and KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE from the host separately, but pkvm_vcpu_init_sve() tests the bit while vcpu_has_sve() reads the flag. A host that sets the flag without the bit gets a vCPU with a NULL sve_state that the world switch loads the guest's SVE state from.

Derive the flag from the bit, and drop the protected path's copy of the host's flag, which is dead code since protected VMs are not allowed SVE.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98928.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90
Fixed
4efda204087145d40a84344edec7e9d3885ad3ab
Fixed
7b5e99d286747b6b5b583b8efcd06bdbdd94b229
Fixed
4f16c5fc8dc4c5596e3777ab9f449a54e3f85fd5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98928.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.14.0
Fixed
6.18.55
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.2.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-98928.json"