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CVE-2026-89981arm64: Don't read GMID_EL1 when MTE is disabled

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: Don't read GMID_EL1 when MTE is disabled __cpuinfo_store_cpu() gates the GMID_EL1 read on the raw ID_AA64PFR1_EL1, so it reads the register even when the kernel has disabled MTE (CONFIG_ARM64_MTE=n or arm64.nomte). KVM sets HCR_EL2.TID5 in that case, and pKVM injects an UNDEF the host cannot handle: Internal error: Oops - Undefined instruction: 0000000002000000 [#1] SMP pc : __cpuinfo_store_cpu+0xf4/0x264 Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill the idle task! Only pKVM reaches it, and only after a CPU is offlined and brought back online: its CPU_ON relay sets the host HCR before the CPU enters EL1, while plain nVHE sets it at CPUHP_AP_KVM_ONLINE. Gate the read on the CPU's own ID_AA64PFR1_EL1 with the command-line override applied, and on CONFIG_ARM64_MTE, which no register reflects. The boot CPU stores its registers before init_cpu_features() strips an unsafe override, so clamp against the hardware value here too.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By Linux

  2. · 5 days later

    Published

  3. · 33 days later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Received.

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.20% · top 90% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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Affected products

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected f35abcbb8a084db4c24b66ccc8db0405c08e2f61 – < d2d22ff377cd43f2e9660426ff22e3cd4c534637
    • affected f35abcbb8a084db4c24b66ccc8db0405c08e2f61 – < 5445d64199626974269fcdf347769ad44b0bb53b

  • Linux · Linux

    • affected 7.0
    • unaffected < 7.0
    • unaffected 7.2.5 – ≤ 7.2.*
    • unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *

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