CVE-2026-99186
CVE-2026-99186CVE-2026-99186
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
x86/insn-eval: Fix shadowed segment index in get_seg_reg_override_idx()
Commit 45e1dccc0653 ("x86/insn: Simplify for_each_insn_prefix()") made
for_each_insn_prefix() declare its own loop counter named idx.
get_seg_reg_override_idx() keeps its result in a local of the same name,
so the assignments in the loop body now write the loop counter:
- the function always returns INAT_SEG_REG_DEFAULT, so FS and GS
overrides are ignored;
- a CS override sets the counter to INAT_SEG_REG_CS (2), the increment
makes it 3, and prefixes.bytes[3] holds the last prefix, 0x2e again,
so the loop never terminates.
The UMIP emulation reaches this from the #GP handler for user space: an
SGDT, SIDT or SMSW with a memory operand and a CS prefix leaves the task
spinning in the kernel, never returning to user space, with a SIGKILL
that is never delivered. Any user can thus tie up CPUs until reboot.
With an FS or GS prefix, the e
Scoring
| Last modified | 2026-10-28 |