CVE-2026-80873 Affecting kernel6.18-tools package, versions <1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023
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- published15 Sept 2026
- disclosed4 Sept 2026
Introduced: 4 Sep 2026
NewCVE-2026-80873 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel6.18-tools to version 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2026-2071.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel6.18-tools package and not the kernel6.18-tools package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: arm64: nv: Write ESR_EL2 for injected nested SError exceptions
kvm_inject_el2_exception() writes ESR_EL2 for synchronous exceptions but not for SError. enter_exception64() does not write ESR_ELx for any exception type, so the constructed syndrome is dropped. A guest L2 hypervisor taking a nested SError observes stale ESR_EL2.
This affects both kvm_inject_nested_serror() and the EASE path in kvm_inject_nested_sea().
Write ESR_EL2 for except_type_serror, matching except_type_sync.