BlackTreeIndependent security intelligence
← Back to the CVE catalogue
Full vulnerability report · 2026
CVE-2026-46014High confidence

KVM: SVM: Add missing save/restore handling of LBR MSRs

Linux · Linux

5.5MediumCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Scheduled

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.

Patch available
Distribution package intelligence

Ubuntu vendor package status

Canonical’s release and source-package findings are shown separately from local repository availability.

20 package states
Repository candidate not checked

A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.

Ubuntu releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinuxAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-awsAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-azureAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-azure-fdeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-azure-nvidiaAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-gcpAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-gkeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-gkeopAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-ibmAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-lowlatencyAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-nvidiaAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-nvidia-lowlatencyAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-nvidia-tegraAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-oem-6.11Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-oracleAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspiAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspi-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-riscvAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-xilinxAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
Optional official sources

National CERT insights
?CERT means Computer Emergency Response Team; CSIRT is the closely related term Computer Security Incident Response Team.

Select the national-authority views to include. The exact source language is shown on each matched advisory. Your choice is remembered on this device and encoded in the shareable URL.

Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2026-32395

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionScheduled

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Add missing save/restore handling of LBR MSRs MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR and LBR MSRs are currently not enumerated by KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, and LBR MSRs cannot be set with KVM_SET_MSRS. So save/restore is completely broken. Fix it by adding the MSRs to msrs_to_save_base, and allowing writes to LBR MSRs from userspace only (as they are read-only MSRs) if LBR virtualization is enabled. Additionally, to correctly restore L1's LBRs while L2 is running, make sure the LBRs are copied from the captured VMCB01 save area in svm_copy_vmrun_state(). Note, for VMX, this also fixes a flaw where MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR isn't reported as an MSR to save/restore. Note #2, over-reporting MSR_IA32_LASTxxx on Intel is ok, as KVM already handles unsupported reads and writes thanks to commit b5e2fec0ebc3 ("KVM: Ignore DEBUGCTL MSRs with no effect") (kvm_do_msr_access() will morph the unsupported userspace write into a nop). [sean: guard with lbrv checks, massage changelog]

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Add missing save/restore handling of LBR MSRs MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR and LBR MSRs are currently not enumerated by KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, and LBR MSRs cannot be set with KVM_SET_MSRS. So save/restore is completely broken. Fix it by adding the MSRs to msrs_to_save_base, and allowing writes to LBR MSRs from userspace only (as they are read-only MSRs) if LBR virtualization is enabled. Additionally, to correctly restore L1's LBRs while L2 is running, make sure the LBRs are copied from the captured VMCB01 save area in svm_copy_vmrun_state(). Note, for VMX, this also fixes a flaw where MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR isn't reported as an MSR to save/restore. Note #2, over-reporting MSR_IA32_LASTxxx on Intel is ok, as KVM already handles unsupported reads and writes thanks to commit b5e2fec0ebc3 ("KVM: Ignore DEBUGCTL MSRs with no effect") (kvm_do_msr_access() will morph the unsupported userspace write into a nop). [sean: guard with lbrv checks, massage changelog]

Why

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Add missing save/restore handling of LBR MSRs MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR and LBR MSRs are currently not enumerated by KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST, and LBR MSRs cannot be set with KVM_SET_MSRS. So save/restore is completely broken. Fix it by adding the MSRs to msrs_to_save_base, and allowing writes to LBR MSRs from userspace only (as they are read-only MSRs) if LBR virtualization is enabled. Additionally, to correctly restore L1's LBRs while L2 is running, make sure the LBRs are copied from the captured VMCB01 save area in svm_copy_vmrun_state(). Note, for VMX, this also fixes a flaw where MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR isn't reported as an MSR to save/restore. Note #2, over-reporting MSR_IA32_LASTxxx on Intel is ok, as KVM already handles unsupported reads and writes thanks to commit b5e2fec0ebc3 ("KVM: Ignore DEBUGCTL MSRs with no effect") (kvm_do_msr_access() will morph the unsupported userspace write into a nop). [sean: guard with lbrv checks, massage changelog]

Why

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → Improper Locking → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-667

CWE-667: Improper Locking. The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CNoneConfidentiality impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
CWE-667
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2026-1700Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder andere nicht näher spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu erzielen.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-0954Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

d?id=CVE-2026-46005 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46006 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46006 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46007 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46007 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46008 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46008 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46009 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46009 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46010 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46010 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46011 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46011 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46012 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46012 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46013 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46013 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46014 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46014 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46015 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46015 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46016 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46016 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46018 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46018 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46019 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46019 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46020 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46020 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46021 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46021 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46022 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46022 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46023 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-0926Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

d?id=CVE-2026-46005 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46006 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46006 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46007 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46007 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46008 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46008 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46009 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46009 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46010 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46010 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46011 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46011 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46012 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46012 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46013 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46013 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46014 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46014 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46015 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46015 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46016 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46016 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46018 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46018 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46019 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46019 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46020 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46020 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46021 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46021 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46022 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46022 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46023 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-0861Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

d?id=CVE-2026-46005 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46006 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46006 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46007 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46007 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46008 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46008 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46009 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46009 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46010 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46010 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46011 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46011 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46012 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46012 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46013 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46013 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46014 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46014 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46015 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46015 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46016 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46016 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46018 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46018 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46019 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46019 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46020 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46020 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46021 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46021 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46022 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46022 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46023 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-0831Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

d?id=CVE-2026-46005 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46006 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46006 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46007 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46007 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46008 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46008 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46009 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46009 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46010 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46010 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46011 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46011 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46012 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46012 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46013 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46013 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46014 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46014 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46015 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46015 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46016 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46016 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46018 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46018 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46019 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46019 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46020 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46020 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46021 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46021 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46022 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46022 Référence CVE CVE-2026-46023 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
24e09cbf480a72f9c952af4ca77b159503dca44b < 2b922a42b531a82d7881add14a7698dcdc5e1f0a; 24e09cbf480a72f9c952af4ca77b159503dca44b < 13a89ada5dcfc2539514c83ba5a2c61157f1ec6c; 24e09cbf480a72f9c952af4ca77b159503dca44b < 3700f0788da6acf73b2df56690f4b201aa4aefd2; 2.6.26
Fixed
< 2.6.26; 6.18.27 ≤ 6.18.*; 7.0.4 ≤ 7.0.*; 7.1 ≤ *
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 27 May 2026 · Last source change 14 Jun 2026, 17:48 UTC · CWE-667 · Improper Locking

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-32395
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD enriched

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

View recent updates →

No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
Free version - for non-commercial use only.CVE-2026-46014 · cve.blacktree.nl