CVE-2026-89912

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: vgic-its: Don't dereference a NULL collection on ITT save MAPC with V=0 drops ite->collection but leaves the ITE on the device's ITT list, and vgic_its_save_ite() dereferences it unconditionally. A guest that issues MAPD, MAPTI and then MAPC(V=0) therefore oopses the host when the VMM issues KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_SAVE_TABLES to migrate it. That sequence is UNPREDICTABLE per the architecture, but KVM already handles the resulting state in the translate, MOVI and DISCARD paths. Save a zeroed entry, which vgic_its_restore_ite() reads back as invalid. Skipping the ITE instead would leave the ITT slot holding whatever is in guest memory, and restore rejects an entry naming a collection the restored collection table does not have.

CVSS v3 7.1 HIGH

7.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36df368861d2664291298feeb37dfef43fcae670
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d4c26b16a04a084fe0bde08ccdd8086570f8bbe
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6c156d931c33b92362383cf76f6d6e1291dcbfe

Configurations

No configuration.

History

16 Sep 2026, 15:18

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.1

Information

Published : 2026-09-16 11:17

Updated : 2026-09-16 15:18

NVD link : CVE-2026-89912

Mitre link : CVE-2026-89912

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-89912

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

No CWE.

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