Host memory disclosure via unchecked sparse bank index
Published Jul 24, 2026 · Updated Jul 24, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in Linux Kernel KVM Hyper-V support allows guest OS users to disclose host memory through an L2 TLB flush. The hv_is_vp_in_sparse_set function uses a VP ID copied verbatim from the enlightened VMCS to index sparse_banks without enforcing the 4,096-ID maximum. Exploitation requires a nested Hyper-V guest or low-privileged access to /dev/kvm; the read crosses the guest-host boundary, and a false membership result can cause an unnecessary L2 vCPU flush.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Linux Kernel KVM Hyper-V support allows guest OS users to disclose host memory through an L2 TLB flush. The hv_is_vp_in_sparse_set function uses a VP ID copied verbatim from the enlightened VMCS to index sparse_banks without enforcing the 4,096-ID maximum. Exploitation requires a nested Hyper-V guest or low-privileged access to /dev/kvm; the read crosses the guest-host boundary, and a false membership result can cause an unnecessary L2 vCPU flush.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-64247
- Published
- Jul 24, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 24, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-125
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Jul 24, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 24, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.2
- Affected versionversion=c58a318f6090efe06e6702b8882e2026f44f620e <4721f8160f17554b003e8928bb61e6c9b2fe92a3
- Affected versionversion=c58a318f6090efe06e6702b8882e2026f44f620e <83c2f52c6a78b1590034e955cff3fe0b052fe4ae
- Affected versionversion=c58a318f6090efe06e6702b8882e2026f44f620e <d18756b12aab30d07794446445c93112e5c69a2e
- Affected versionversion=c58a318f6090efe06e6702b8882e2026f44f620e <e36095d8d922bb26ce860231aacf0cd14edea07c
- Affected versionversion=c58a318f6090efe06e6702b8882e2026f44f620e <f636cf6a1e7b7f40d48d8d08bd5f152aa61dd130
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