{"cve":"CVE-2026-98464","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-18T16:16:56.873","modified":"2026-10-24T14:16:42.853","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRISC-V: KVM: Synchronize hrtimer callback during teardown\n\nThe non-Sstc hrtimer callback clears next_set before its final uses of\nthe enclosing vCPU.  If teardown observes next_set as false while the\ncallback is still running, kvm_riscv_vcpu_timer_cancel() skips\nhrtimer_cancel() and kvm_destroy_vcpus() can free the vCPU before the\ncallback enters kvm_riscv_vcpu_set_interrupt().\n\nA guest can arm the timer with SBI TIME and request shutdown with SBI\nlegacy shutdown or SRST.  A VMM that honors KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT and\ndestroys the VM supplies the teardown side of the race; no post-launch\nhost ioctl is needed to arm or request teardown.\n\nOn upstream master 62cc90241548, generic KASAN reported:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in do_raw_spin_lock\n  Write of size 4 at addr ff60000005e58898\n\n  kvm_riscv_vcpu_set_interrupt\n  kvm_riscv_vcpu_hrtimer_expired\n  __hrtimer_run_queues\n  hrtimer_interrupt\n\nThe object was allocated by KVM_CREATE_VCPU and freed concurrently by:\n\n  kvm_destroy_vcpus\n  kvm_arch_destroy_vm\n  kvm_destroy_vm\n  __fput\n\nFor deterministic validation, I added mdelay(1000) immediately after\nthe existing next_set = false assignment.  This only widens the\nexisting post-clear callback window.  A no-delay trace build naturally\nreached the callback-after-teardown-start/before-deinit ordering in 12\nof 200 runs, but 1,500 stock-kernel stress iterations did not produce a\nKASAN report, so natural reproduction is timing-sensitive.\n\nAlways invoke hrtimer_cancel() for an initialized timer.  Preserve the\nexisting -EINVAL result when the timer is no longer set, but only after\nsynchronizing with a running callback.\n\nWith this patch, hrtimer_cancel() blocked for the full widened callback\nwindow before vCPU destruction.  KASAN reported no error in 100\nfixed-and-widened runs or 200 fix-only timing-sweep runs.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.3},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2af03b606aadaaeb386658ef798c79bdcdef87c1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cc6184bd5920c9685d87f4e260568feba08650d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bdbae64ae0dab93041ebc57ec4e93def793fc2d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaad136d56d91252517272b68cd533e5714698d5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e66aced74f0122380603c9910a71d77618b28f0e"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-24T16:53:35.584907681+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98464","score":0.00143,"percentile":0.03565,"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). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}