GHSA-m7w6-fmw8-2v8xunknown

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RISC-V: KVM: Write hgatp...

Published
October 28, 2025
Last Modified
October 30, 2026

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📋 Description

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

RISC-V: KVM: Write hgatp register with valid mode bits

According to the RISC-V Privileged Architecture Spec, when MODE=Bare is selected,software must write zero to the remaining fields of hgatp.

We have detected the valid mode supported by the HW before, So using a valid mode to detect how many vmid bits are supported.

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