CVE-2026-63875
Description
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 |
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | 6495204f8219a57859669d618b25d06176d5a872 < dced308d7d6a0de1c09d2058f38f1aaaf5cbb914, ce4cf24761467756462c0e1dbe4a5e9c9eb520fc < 47490bbb05c8c0e09cc3cfd237d8934ffc340583, daa6707b71a2da23a82979fa21f788aeb706f1a2 < 0199c9d57861f17b556b6cba1f765c7cce79745b, ff37dd18ce7739a26aab0cc2d31006a45e6bde63 < d766a49d9b55705c4737cd8bb5d3faa2d31330fd … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.19, 0 < 6.19, 5.10.259 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.210 ≤ 5.15.* … |
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dced308d7d6a0de1c09d2058f38f1aaaf5cbb914
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47490bbb05c8c0e09cc3cfd237d8934ffc340583
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0199c9d57861f17b556b6cba1f765c7cce79745b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d766a49d9b55705c4737cd8bb5d3faa2d31330fd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ca7284da0e67b3e71d90ec17f08286774245ad9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe93e907b1af03cc229a80aa64a570a103d2b279
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48125cd9c55cbe297b59fd1f9bda48b0960bd181
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ff4764e03e7a8d758352f4aceb8fe1be6ac971