CVE-2026-31590
Published: April 25, 2026Last modified: May 1, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SEV: Drop WARN on large size for KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION Drop the WARN in sev_pin_memory() on npages overflowing an int, as the WARN is comically trivially to trigger from userspace, e.g. by doing: struct kvm_enc_region range = { .addr = 0, .size = -1ul, }; __vm_ioctl(vm, KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION, &range); Note, the checks in sev_mem_enc_register_region() that presumably exist to verify the incoming address+size are completely worthless, as both "addr" and "size" are u64s and SEV is 64-bit only, i.e. they _can't_ be greater than ULONG_MAX. That wart will be cleaned up in the near future. if (range->addr > ULONG_MAX || range->size > ULONG_MAX) return -EINVAL; Opportunistically add a comment to explain why the code calculates the number of pages the "hard" way, e.g. instead of just shifting @ulen.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Vulnerable (6.1.168-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.85-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.85-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cba4dcd795daf6d257122779fb6a349edf03914
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28cc13ca20431b127d42d84ba10898d03e2c8267
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8acffeef5ef720c35e513e322ab08e32683f32f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab423e5892826202a660b5ac85d1125b0e8301a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b670833749ffd8681361db2bb047c6f2e3075f3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c29ff288a2d97a6f4640a498a367cf0eb91312eb