CVE-2026-23215
published 2026-02-18CVE-2026-23215: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers Fedora QA reported the following panic: BUG: unable to…
PriorityP422medium5.5CVSS 3.1
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers
Fedora QA reported the following panic:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000040003e54
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS edk2-20251119-3.fc43 11/19/2025
RIP: 0010:vmware_hypercall4.constprop.0+0x52/0x90
..
Call Trace:
vmmouse_report_events+0x13e/0x1b0
psmouse_handle_byte+0x15/0x60
ps2_interrupt+0x8a/0xd0
...
because the QEMU VMware mouse emulation is buggy, and clears the top 32
bits of %rdi that the kernel kept a pointer in.
The QEMU vmmouse driver saves and restores the register state in a
"uint32_t data[6];" and as a result restores the state with the high
bits all cleared.
RDI originally contained the value of a valid kernel stack address
(0xff5eeb3240003e54). After the vmware hypercall it now contains
0x40003e54, and we get a page fault as a result when it is dereferenced.
The proper fix would be in QEMU, but this works around the issue in the
kernel to keep old setups working, when old kernels had not happened to
keep any state in %rdi over the hypercall.
In theory this same issue exists for all the hypercalls in the vmmouse
driver; in practice it has only been seen with vmware_hypercall3() and
vmware_hypercall4(). For now, just mark RDI/RSI as clobbered for those
two calls. This should have a minimal effect on code generation overall
as it should be rare for the compiler to want to make RDI/RSI live
across hypercalls.
Affected
35 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | linux | < linux 6.18.10-1 (forky) | linux 6.18.10-1 (forky) |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | >= 34bf25e820ae1ab38f9cd88834843ba76678a2fd < 2f467a92df61eb516a4ec36ee16234dd4e5ccf00 | 2f467a92df61eb516a4ec36ee16234dd4e5ccf00 |
| linux | linux | >= 34bf25e820ae1ab38f9cd88834843ba76678a2fd < feb603a69f830acb58f78d604f0c29e63cd38f87 | feb603a69f830acb58f78d604f0c29e63cd38f87 |
| linux | linux | >= 34bf25e820ae1ab38f9cd88834843ba76678a2fd < 2687c848e57820651b9f69d30c4710f4219f7dbf | 2687c848e57820651b9f69d30c4710f4219f7dbf |
| linux | linux_kernel | — | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.12.73-1 | 6.12.73-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.18.10-1 | 6.18.10-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.11 < 6.12.70 | 6.12.70 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.13 < 6.18.10 | 6.18.10 |
| msrc | azl3_kernel_6.6.121.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0 | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-aws | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-aws-fips | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-azure | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-azure-6.8 | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-azure-fips | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-fips | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-gcp | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-gcp-fips | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-gke | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-gkeop | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-ibm | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-ibm-6.8 | — | — |
| ubuntu | linux-lowlatency | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_msrc8.4HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
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- Counter interface drivers;
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An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM64 architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- Drivers core;
- Null block device driver;
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- Bluetooth drivers;
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a container. (CVE-2026-31431)
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An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
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- ARM64 architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Cryptographic API;
- Compute Acceleration Framework;
- Drivers core;
- Null block device driver;
- Ublk userspace block driver;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Counter interface drivers;
- DMA engine subsystem;
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Red Hat
kernel: x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers
vendor_redhat·2026-02-18·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2026-23215 [MEDIUM] CWE-131 kernel: x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers
kernel: x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers
Fedora QA reported the following panic:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000040003e54
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS edk2-20251119-3.fc43 11/19/2025
RIP: 0010:vmware_hypercall4.constprop.0+0x52/0x90
..
Call Trace:
vmmouse_report_events+0x13e/0x1b0
psmouse_handle_byte+0x15/0x60
ps2_interrupt+0x8a/0xd0
...
because the QEMU VMware mouse emulation is buggy, and clears the top 32
bits of %rdi that the kernel kept a pointer in.
The QEMU vmmouse driver saves and restores the register state in a
"uint32_t data[6];" and as a r
Microsoft
x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers
vendor_msrc·2026-02-10·CVSS 8.4
CVE-2026-23215 [MEDIUM] x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers
x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers
Mariner: Mariner
Linux: Linux
Customer Action Required: Yes
Debian
CVE-2026-23215: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/vmware:...
vendor_debian·2026·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2026-23215 [MEDIUM] CVE-2026-23215: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/vmware:...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers Fedora QA reported the following panic: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000040003e54 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS edk2-20251119-3.fc43 11/19/2025 RIP: 0010:vmware_hypercall4.constprop.0+0x52/0x90 .. Call Trace: vmmouse_report_events+0x13e/0x1b0 psmouse_handle_byte+0x15/0x60 ps2_interrupt+0x8a/0xd0 ... because the QEMU VMware mouse emulation is buggy, and clears the top 32 bits of %rdi that the kernel kept a pointer in. The QEMU vmmouse driver saves and restores the register state in a "uint32_t data[6];" and as a result restores the state with the high bits
GHSA
GHSA-g5pw-hppv-79r6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers
Fedora QA reported the following panic:
BUG:
ghsa_unreviewed·2026-02-18
CVE-2026-23215 [MEDIUM] GHSA-g5pw-hppv-79r6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers
Fedora QA reported the following panic:
BUG:
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers
Fedora QA reported the following panic:
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000040003e54
#PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS edk2-20251119-3.fc43 11/19/2025
RIP: 0010:vmware_hypercall4.constprop.0+0x52/0x90
..
Call Trace:
vmmouse_report_events+0x13e/0x1b0
psmouse_handle_byte+0x15/0x60
ps2_interrupt+0x8a/0xd0
...
because the QEMU VMware mouse emulation is buggy, and clears the top 32
bits of %rdi that the kernel kept a pointer in.
The QEMU vmmouse driver saves and restores the register state in a
"uint32_t data[6];" and as a result restores the state with the high
OSV
CVE-2026-23215: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers Fedora QA reported the following panic: BUG: un
osv·2026-02-18·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2026-23215 [MEDIUM] CVE-2026-23215: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers Fedora QA reported the following panic: BUG: un
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/vmware: Fix hypercall clobbers Fedora QA reported the following panic: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000040003e54 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS edk2-20251119-3.fc43 11/19/2025 RIP: 0010:vmware_hypercall4.constprop.0+0x52/0x90 .. Call Trace: vmmouse_report_events+0x13e/0x1b0 psmouse_handle_byte+0x15/0x60 ps2_interrupt+0x8a/0xd0 ... because the QEMU VMware mouse emulation is buggy, and clears the top 32 bits of %rdi that the kernel kept a pointer in. The QEMU vmmouse driver saves and restores the register state in a "uint32_t data[6];" and as a result restores the state with the high bits
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2026-02-18
Published