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CVE-2026-63875

high

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: tlb: Flush walk cache when unsharing PMD tables When huge_pmd_unshare() is called…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: tlb: Flush walk cache when unsharing PMD tables When huge_pmd_unshare() is called to unshare a PMD table, the tlb_unshare_pmd_ptdesc() function sets tlb->unshared_tables=true but the aarch64 tlb_flush() only checked tlb->freed_tables to determine whether to use TLBF_NONE (vae1is, invalidates walk cache) or TLBF_NOWALKCACHE (vale1is, leaf-only). This caused the stale PMD page table entry to remain in the walk cache after unshare, potentially leading to incorrect page table walks. Fix by including unshared_tables in the check, so that when unsharing tables, TLBF_NONE is used and the walk cache is properly invalidated. Here is the detailed distinction between vae1is and vale1is: | Instruction Combination | Actual Invalidation Scope | | ------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------| | `VAE1IS` + TTL=`0` | All entries at all levels (full invalidation) | | `VAE1IS` + TTL=`2` (L2) | Non-leaf at Level 0/1 + leaf at Level 2 | | `VALE1IS` + TTL=`0` | Leaf entries at all levels (non-leaf not cleared) | | `VALE1IS` + TTL=`2` (L2) | Leaf entry at Level 2 only |

CVSS
7.8
7.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-07-19 16:17
Modified: 2026-10-30 14:57
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 15:11 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥5.10.253 <5.10.259, ≥5.15.203 <5.15.210, ≥6.1.167 <6.1.176, ≥6.6.127 <6.6.143, ≥6.12.74 <6.12.93, ≥6.18.13 <6.18.35

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0199c9d57861f17b556b6cba1f765c7cce79745b
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47490bbb05c8c0e09cc3cfd237d8934ffc340583
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48125cd9c55cbe297b59fd1f9bda48b0960bd181
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ca7284da0e67b3e71d90ec17f08286774245ad9
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ff4764e03e7a8d758352f4aceb8fe1be6ac971
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d766a49d9b55705c4737cd8bb5d3faa2d31330fd
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dced308d7d6a0de1c09d2058f38f1aaaf5cbb914
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe93e907b1af03cc229a80aa64a570a103d2b279

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 15:11 UTC · record ↗

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