UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89775: Critical severity ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Handle negative S1 walk levels in VNCR TLB size evaluation Computing the effects of a TLB invalidation involves looking at the size of the mapping cached by the TLB. For S1 mappings such as VNCR, this is deducted from the combination of the base granule size and the mapping level. However, this implies that the S1 MMU is on. When the MMU is off, we indicate this with the level being set to a "creative" value of -127 (S1MMUDISABLED). This ends-up being misinterpreted by pgshiftleveltottl() as it doesn't handle negative levels at all (the level is immediately cast to a u8 and only the bottom two bits considered), leading to an invalidation size of 0. Not helpful. Tidy-up pgshiftleveltottl() to handle these negative levels, and ttltosize() to always return SZ1G when no valid TTL is present. This allows the removal of open-coded checks for similar situations. Note that the check for a negative value not explicitely checking for S1MMUDISABLED is deliberate, so that actual negative levels introduced with LVA2 and D128 can take the same path if we ever support them.
Affected Software
Remediation
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ubuntu/linux-hwe-7.0to a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-riscv-7.0to a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 7.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linuxto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 7.0.0-42.42 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-awsto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 7.0.0-1016.17 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-gcpto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 7.0.0-1016.18 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-ibmto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 7.0.0-1017.17 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-oem-7.0to a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 7.0.0-1017.17 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-oracleto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 7.0.0-1015.16 - Upgrade
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ubuntu/linux-riscvto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Fixed in 7.0.0-42.42.1
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Frequently Asked Questions
What level of access does an attacker need?
The supplied CVSS vector indicates local attack access, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and no user interaction. It also indicates high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, with scope changed.
Which Ubuntu kernel package streams are listed as affected?
The listed software includes ubuntu/linux-riscv, ubuntu/linux-realtime, ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge, ubuntu/linux-azure, ubuntu/linux-gcp, ubuntu/linux-azure-fde, ubuntu/linux-gke, and ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0. The vulnerability description specifically concerns KVM arm64 handling of VNCR TLB invalidation.
Can affected systems be identified by package version from this information?
No affected or fixed package versions are provided. The available information identifies the affected package streams and references the upstream resolution, but not version-based detection criteria.