{"id":"AZL-110605","summary":"CVE-2026-98877 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nirqchip/gic-v4: Don't advertise VLPIs if no ITS is probed\n\nWhen accidentally setting “kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=1” on a system that has\nno MSI controller device tree node and GICv4, it results a panic as\n“gic_domain” is NULL and the kernel attempts to access it.\n\n    Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000028\n    Mem abort info:\n      ESR = 0x0000000096000006\n\n    CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 295 Comm: lkvm-static Not tainted 7.1.0-rc4-ge3f15ad3970e #5 PREEMPT\n    Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)\n    pstate: 81402005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n    pc : __irq_domain_instantiate+0x1d4/0x578\n    lr : __irq_domain_instantiate+0x1cc/0x578\n\nSet vLPI support to false at init time if the host has no ITS, so it\npropagates properly to kvm_vgic_global_state.has_gicv4.","modified":"2026-10-30T05:35:37Z","published":"2026-10-23T12:18:21Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-98877"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98877"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"6.6.157.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-110605.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.2"}