In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: Replace guest-triggerable BUG_ON() in ioeventfd datamatch with get_unaligned() Drop a BUG_ON() that has been reachable since it was first added, way back in 2009, and instead use get_unaligned() to perform potentially-unaligned accesses. For a given store, KVM x86's emulator tracks the entire value in the destination operand, x86_emulate_ctxt.dst. If the destination is memory, and the target splits multiple pages and/or is emulated MMIO, then KVM handles each fragment independently. E.g. on a page split starting at page offset 0xffc, KVM writes 4 bytes to the first page, then the remaining bytes to the second page, using ctxt->dst as the source for both (with appropriate offsets). If the destination splits a page *and* hits emulated MMIO on the second page, then KVM will complete the write to the first page, then emulate the MMIO access to the second page. If there is a datamatch-enabled ioeventfd at offset
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CVE-2026-63806 addresses a critical denial of service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) hypervisor. The vulnerability stems from a guest-triggerable BUG_ON() statement in the ioeventfd datamatch functionality that has been reachable since 2009. An unprivileged guest virtual machine can deliberately craft memory store operations that split across page boundaries, causing unaligned memory accesses that trigger the kernel panic. This affects any Linux system running KVM with guest virtual machines, particularly in multi-tenant cloud environments, data centers, and virtualized infrastructure where guest isolation is critical. The high CVSS score of 7.1 reflects the ease of exploitation and availability impact—a guest can crash the host kernel, disrupting all co-hosted virtual machines.
While Casky.ai's current skill mapping shows zero matching MITRE ATT&CK techniques for this CVE, practitioners using Casky would benefit from extended reasoning analysis focused on resource exhaustion and hypervisor escape detection patterns. This vulnerability exemplifies MITRE techniques like T1499 (Service Exhaustion Denial of Service) and potential precursors to T1611 (Escape to Host). A practitioner's Casky findings would highlight: (1) abnormal guest memory access patterns involving cross-page boundaries in ioeventfd operations, (2) kernel panic signatures in hypervisor logs correlated with specific guest VM activity, and (3) timing patterns suggesting deliberate malicious store instruction sequencing. Organizations should prioritize kernel patching to replace the BUG_ON() with safe get_unaligned() operations, implement strict guest resource monitoring, and segment critical workloads from untrusted guest VMs.
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