CVE-2026-81627Qemu-kvm: vapic writable rom alias can escape the option-rom window and expose locked smram
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A flaw was found in QEMU. The VAPIC setup hypercall in hw/i386/vapic.c does not validate that the writable RAM alias remains within the option ROM window. A privileged guest user on a Q35/KVM machine can position this alias over locked SMRAM, bypassing chipset D_LCK protection and injecting code into System Management Mode memory.
- CVSS
- 8.2 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Sep 21, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 redhat:enterprise_linux | 10 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux for NVIDIA 26 redhat:enterprise_linux_nvidia | Versions not stated | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 redhat:openshift | 4 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) redhat:openstack | 13 | CNA record |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-81627vdb-entry, x-refsource-redhat
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2536950issue-tracking, x-refsource-redhat
- https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/work_items/4206
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