CVE-2026-99168

{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-99168", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.398Z", "datePublished": "2026-10-28T10:35:19.539Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-28T10:35:19.539Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-28T10:35:19.539Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmshv_vtl: Check per-CPU register page before mmap\n\nRegister-page setup is optional for each CPU. If allocation or\nregistration fails, mshv_vtl_configure_reg_page() warns and leaves that\nCPU's reg_page NULL, but initial context setup continues successfully.\nMeanwhile, successful setup on another CPU sets the global\nmshv_has_reg_page flag.\n\nmshv_vtl_fault() checks this global flag before selecting the requested\nCPU's register page. With mixed setup results across online CPUs, the\ncheck passes even for a CPU with no register page, reaching\nget_page(NULL) when userspace faults in that mapping.\n\nCheck the selected per-CPU register page before taking its reference and\nreturn VM_FAULT_SIGBUS if it is absent."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/hv/mshv_vtl_main.c"], "versions": [{"version": "7bfe3b8ea6e30437e01fcb8e4f56ef6e4d986d0f", "lessThan": "5c0757b065fbd140d8fbd05dc2c2146b713dfa68", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "7bfe3b8ea6e30437e01fcb8e4f56ef6e4d986d0f", "lessThan": "874194a8de75fc2f4d1fb70c670b289b7e48f93e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/hv/mshv_vtl_main.c"], "versions": [{"version": "6.19", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "6.19", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.13", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.19", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.13"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.19", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0757b065fbd140d8fbd05dc2c2146b713dfa68"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874194a8de75fc2f4d1fb70c670b289b7e48f93e"}], "title": "mshv_vtl: Check per-CPU register page before mmap", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

{}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"defaultStatus": "unaffected", "product": "Linux", "programFiles": ["drivers/hv/mshv_vtl_main.c"], "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "versions": [{"lessThan": "5c0757b065fbd140d8fbd05dc2c2146b713dfa68", "status": "affected", "version": "7bfe3b8ea6e30437e01fcb8e4f56ef6e4d986d0f", "versionType": "git"}, {"lessThan": "874194a8de75fc2f4d1fb70c670b289b7e48f93e", "status": "affected", "version": "7bfe3b8ea6e30437e01fcb8e4f56ef6e4d986d0f", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"defaultStatus": "affected", "product": "Linux", "programFiles": ["drivers/hv/mshv_vtl_main.c"], "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "6.19"}, {"lessThan": "6.19", "status": "unaffected", "version": "0", "versionType": "semver"}, {"lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "version": "7.2.13", "versionType": "semver"}, {"lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "version": "7.3", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmshv_vtl: Check per-CPU register page before mmap\n\nRegister-page setup is optional for each CPU. If allocation or\nregistration fails, mshv_vtl_configure_reg_page() warns and leaves that\nCPU's reg_page NULL, but initial context setup continues successfully.\nMeanwhile, successful setup on another CPU sets the global\nmshv_has_reg_page flag.\n\nmshv_vtl_fault() checks this global flag before selecting the requested\nCPU's register page. With mixed setup results across online CPUs, the\ncheck passes even for a CPU with no register page, reaching\nget_page(NULL) when userspace faults in that mapping.\n\nCheck the selected per-CPU register page before taking its reference and\nreturn VM_FAULT_SIGBUS if it is absent."}], "id": "CVE-2026-99168", "lastModified": "2026-10-28T11:17:37.290", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-10-28T11:17:37.290", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0757b065fbd140d8fbd05dc2c2146b713dfa68"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/874194a8de75fc2f4d1fb70c670b289b7e48f93e"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: mshv_vtl: Check per-CPU register page before mmap", "id": "2562778", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2562778"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "4.7", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-476", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nmshv_vtl: Check per-CPU register page before mmap\nRegister-page setup is optional for each CPU. If allocation or\nregistration fails, mshv_vtl_configure_reg_page() warns and leaves that\nCPU's reg_page NULL, but initial context setup continues successfully.\nMeanwhile, successful setup on another CPU sets the global\nmshv_has_reg_page flag.\nmshv_vtl_fault() checks this global flag before selecting the requested\nCPU's register page. With mixed setup results across online CPUs, the\ncheck passes even for a CPU with no register page, reaching\nget_page(NULL) when userspace faults in that mapping.\nCheck the selected per-CPU register page before taking its reference and\nreturn VM_FAULT_SIGBUS if it is absent.", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Trust Level (mshv_vtl) driver. When setting up per-processor register pages, an allocation failure on one CPU leaves its page pointer uninitialized while a global flag is set by another CPU. A local user can exploit this issue by accessing the unallocated register memory mapping, causing the kernel to dereference a null pointer. The primary impact of this vulnerability is a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS)."], "name": "CVE-2026-99168", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}], "public_date": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99168\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99168\nhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-99168.mbox"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

{"affected": [{"configurations": [{"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "code_commit", "value": "[7bfe3b8ea6e30437e01fcb8e4f56ef6e4d986d0f,5c0757b065fbd140d8fbd05dc2c2146b713dfa68)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "code_commit", "value": "[7bfe3b8ea6e30437e01fcb8e4f56ef6e4d986d0f,874194a8de75fc2f4d1fb70c670b289b7e48f93e)"}}], "enrichment": {"confidence": 100.0, "confidence_source": "matching", "scores": [{"score": 100.0, "source": "matching"}]}, "original": {"product": "Linux", "source": "cna", "vendor": "Linux"}, "product": "linux", "vendor": "linux"}, {"configurations": [{"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "6.19"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "[0,6.19)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "semver", "value": "[7.2.13,7.3.0)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "[7.3,*]"}}], "enrichment": {"confidence": 100.0, "confidence_source": "matching", "scores": [{"score": 100.0, "source": "matching"}]}, "original": {"product": "Linux", "source": "cna", "vendor": "Linux"}, "product": "linux", "vendor": "linux"}, {"configurations": [{"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "code_commit", "value": "[7bfe3b8ea6e30437e01fcb8e4f56ef6e4d986d0f,5c0757b065fbd140d8fbd05dc2c2146b713dfa68)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "code_commit", "value": "[7bfe3b8ea6e30437e01fcb8e4f56ef6e4d986d0f,874194a8de75fc2f4d1fb70c670b289b7e48f93e)"}}], "enrichment": {"confidence": 100.0, "confidence_source": "matching", "scores": [{"score": 100.0, "source": "matching"}]}, "original": {"product": "Linux", "source": "cna", "vendor": "Linux"}, "product": "linux_kernel", "vendor": "linux"}, {"configurations": [{"platform": null, "status": "affected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "6.19"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "[0,6.19)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "semver", "value": "[7.2.13,7.3.0)"}}, {"platform": null, "status": "unaffected", "versions": {"scheme": "generic", "value": "[7.3,*]"}}], "enrichment": {"confidence": 100.0, "confidence_source": "matching", "scores": [{"score": 100.0, "source": "matching"}]}, "original": {"product": "Linux", "source": "cna", "vendor": "Linux"}, "product": "linux_kernel", "vendor": "linux"}], "created": "2026-10-28T12:00:22.513336+00:00", "updated": "2026-10-29T15:15:15.413471+00:00", "vendors": ["linux", "linux$PRODUCT$linux", "linux$PRODUCT$linux_kernel"], "weaknesses": ["CWE-476"]}