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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-98928",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.380Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-10-23T12:08:09.412Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-23T12:08:09.412Z"
    },
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                "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
                "shortName": "Linux",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-10-23T12:08:09.412Z"
            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: arm64: Derive GUEST_HAS_SVE from the SVE feature bit at EL2\n\npkvm_init_features_from_host() takes KVM_ARCH_FLAG_GUEST_HAS_SVE and\nKVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE from the host separately, but pkvm_vcpu_init_sve()\ntests the bit while vcpu_has_sve() reads the flag. A host that sets the\nflag without the bit gets a vCPU with a NULL sve_state that the world\nswitch loads the guest's SVE state from.\n\nDerive the flag from the bit, and drop the protected path's copy of the\nhost's flag, which is dead code since protected VMs are not allowed SVE."
                }
            ],
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                {
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                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c"
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                            "version": "41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90",
                            "lessThan": "4efda204087145d40a84344edec7e9d3885ad3ab",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
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                            "version": "41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90",
                            "lessThan": "7b5e99d286747b6b5b583b8efcd06bdbdd94b229",
                            "status": "affected",
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                            "version": "41d6028e28bd474298ff10409c292ec46cf43a90",
                            "lessThan": "4f16c5fc8dc4c5596e3777ab9f449a54e3f85fd5",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        }
                    ]
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                    "product": "Linux",
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                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/pkvm.c"
                    ],
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                        {
                            "version": "6.14",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "6.14",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.18.55",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7.2.9",
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                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7.3",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
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                            "operator": "OR",
                            "negate": false,
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                                    "vulnerable": true,
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                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.55"
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                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.14",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.9"
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            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4efda204087145d40a84344edec7e9d3885ad3ab"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b5e99d286747b6b5b583b8efcd06bdbdd94b229"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f16c5fc8dc4c5596e3777ab9f449a54e3f85fd5"
                }
            ],
            "title": "KVM: arm64: Derive GUEST_HAS_SVE from the SVE feature bit at EL2",
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