SB2026091747 - NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel kvm vgic

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-89912)

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a null pointer dereference in vgic_its_save_ite() in the KVM arm64 vgic-its component when saving ITS tables during virtual machine migration after processing MAPD, MAPTI, and MAPC with V=0 commands. A remote attacker can issue MAPD, MAPTI, and MAPC commands with V=0 in a guest to cause a denial of service.

The command sequence is architecturally unpredictable.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

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