CVE-2025-40065
kernel: RISC-V: KVM: Write hgatp register with valid mode bits
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UnknownRed Hat Product Security
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Published · October 28, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RISC-V: KVM: Write hgatp register with valid mode bits
According to the RISC-V Privileged Architecture Spec, when MODE=Bare is selected,software must write zero to the remaining fields of hgatp.
We have detected the valid mode supported by the HW before, So using a valid mode to detect how many vmid bits are supported.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CWE not specified