CVE-2026-64229

/// Technical description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

x86/mm: Disable broadcast TLB flush when PCID is disabled

Booting with "nopcid" clears X86_FEATURE_PCID and keeps CR4.PCIDE from being

set to one. On AMD CPUs that support INVLPGB, broadcast TLB flushing remains

enabled.

There are two checks that decide whether the global ASID code runs,

mm_global_asid() and consider_global_asid(), that key off of the

X86_FEATURE_INVLPGB feature. Once an mm becomes active on more than three

CPUs, consider_global_asid() assigns it a global ASID, after which

flush_tlb_mm_range() takes the broadcast_tlb_flush() path using a non-zero

PCID. Issuing an INVLPGB with a non-zero PCID while CR4.PCIDE is not set

results in a #GP:

Oops: general protection fault, kernel NULL pointer dereference 0x1: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI

CPU: 158 UID: 0 PID: 3119 Comm: snap Not tainted 7.1.0-rc3 #1 PREEMPT(full)

Hardware name: ...

RIP: 0010:broadcast_tlb_flush

Code: ... 89 da 48 83 c8 07 <0f> 01 fe eb 0

/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

/// References