{"cve":"CVE-2026-23005","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-25T15:15:55.377","modified":"2026-10-19T19:17:32.367","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/fpu: Clear XSTATE_BV[i] in guest XSAVE state whenever XFD[i]=1\n\nWhen loading guest XSAVE state via KVM_SET_XSAVE, and when updating XFD in\nresponse to a guest WRMSR, clear XFD-disabled features in the saved (or to\nbe restored) XSTATE_BV to ensure KVM doesn't attempt to load state for\nfeatures that are disabled via the guest's XFD.  Because the kernel\nexecutes XRSTOR with the guest's XFD, saving XSTATE_BV[i]=1 with XFD[i]=1\nwill cause XRSTOR to #NM and panic the kernel.\n\nE.g. if fpu_update_guest_xfd() sets XFD without clearing XSTATE_BV:\n\n  ------------[ cut here ]------------\n  WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:1524 at exc_device_not_available+0x101/0x110, CPU#29: amx_test/848\n  Modules linked in: kvm_intel kvm irqbypass\n  CPU: 29 UID: 1000 PID: 848 Comm: amx_test Not tainted 6.19.0-rc2-ffa07f7fd437-x86_amx_nm_xfd_non_init-vm #171 NONE\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015\n  RIP: 0010:exc_device_not_available+0x101/0x110\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   asm_exc_device_not_available+0x1a/0x20\n  RIP: 0010:restore_fpregs_from_fpstate+0x36/0x90\n   switch_fpu_return+0x4a/0xb0\n   kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x1245/0x1e40 [kvm]\n   kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x2c3/0x8f0 [kvm]\n   __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8f/0xd0\n   do_syscall_64+0x62/0x940\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53\n   </TASK>\n  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nThis can happen if the guest executes WRMSR(MSR_IA32_XFD) to set XFD[18] = 1,\nand a host IRQ triggers kernel_fpu_begin() prior to the vmexit handler's\ncall to fpu_update_guest_xfd().\n\nand if userspace stuffs XSTATE_BV[i]=1 via KVM_SET_XSAVE:\n\n  ------------[ cut here ]------------\n  WARNING: arch/x86/kernel/traps.c:1524 at exc_device_not_available+0x101/0x110, CPU#14: amx_test/867\n  Modules linked in: kvm_intel kvm irqbypass\n  CPU: 14 UID: 1000 PID: 867 Comm: amx_test Not tainted 6.19.0-rc2-2dace9faccd6-x86_amx_nm_xfd_non_init-vm #168 NONE\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015\n  RIP: 0010:exc_device_not_available+0x101/0x110\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   asm_exc_device_not_available+0x1a/0x20\n  RIP: 0010:restore_fpregs_from_fpstate+0x36/0x90\n   fpu_swap_kvm_fpstate+0x6b/0x120\n   kvm_load_guest_fpu+0x30/0x80 [kvm]\n   kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x85/0x1e40 [kvm]\n   kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x2c3/0x8f0 [kvm]\n   __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8f/0xd0\n   do_syscall_64+0x62/0x940\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53\n   </TASK>\n  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\nThe new behavior is consistent with the AMX architecture.  Per Intel's SDM,\nXSAVE saves XSTATE_BV as '0' for components that are disabled via XFD\n(and non-compacted XSAVE saves the initial configuration of the state\ncomponent):\n\n  If XSAVE, XSAVEC, XSAVEOPT, or XSAVES is saving the state component i,\n  the instruction does not generate #NM when XCR0[i] = IA32_XFD[i] = 1;\n  instead, it operates as if XINUSE[i] = 0 (and the state component was\n  in its initial state): it saves bit i of XSTATE_BV field of the XSAVE\n  header as 0; in addition, XSAVE saves the initial configuration of the\n  state component (the other instructions do not save state component i).\n\nAlternatively, KVM could always do XRSTOR with XFD=0, e.g. by using\na constant XFD based on the set of enabled features when XSAVEing for\na struct fpu_guest.  However, having XSTATE_BV[i]=1 for XFD-disabled\nfeatures can only happen in the above interrupt case, or in similar\nscenarios involving preemption on preemptible kernels, because\nfpu_swap_kvm_fpstate()'s call to save_fpregs_to_fpstate() saves the\noutgoing FPU state with the current XFD; and that is (on all but the\nfirst WRMSR to XFD) the guest XFD.\n\nTherefore, XFD can only go out of sync with XSTATE_BV in the above\ninterrupt case, or in similar scenarios involving preemption on\npreemptible kernels, and it we can consider it (de facto) part of KVM\nABI that KVM_GET_XSAVE returns XSTATE_BV[i]=0 for XFD-disabled features.\n\n[Move clea\n---truncated---","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e2848bda819af569dfe7ab186223855e092a2cb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b45f721775947a84996deb5c661602254ce25ce6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5995c01ba53d84182ecb9492fc4d91cfe8a362d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eea6f395ca502c4528314c8112da9b5d65f685eb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f577508cc8a0adb8b4ebe9480bba7683b6149930"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23005","score":0.00218,"percentile":0.12169,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). 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