GHSA-866w-999j-pr8g · Severity: medium — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Add missing save...
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]
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-46014 is rated Low Risk (22.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-17 | 0.17% | 0.09% | -0.07% |
| 2 | 2026-06-15 | 0.02% | 0.17% | +0.15% |
| 3 | 2026-05-28 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
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| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
GHSA-866w-999j-pr8g · Severity: medium — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Add missing save...
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
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debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2026-46014 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46014 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46014 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46014/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2026-46014 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1422 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1024, ignored 173, needed 135, released 84, pending 6. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-46014 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 2.6.26, < 6.18.27 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.19, < 7.0.4 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |