CVE-2026-53354
UnknownSummary
A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel for ARM64 CPUs where a TLBI;DSB sequence may complete before global observation of writes translated by an invalidated TLB entry. The issue is mitigated by adding an extra TLBI;DSB sequence.
Risk Assessment
The risk involves potential memory coherence violations, which can lead to unpredictable system behavior, including data corruption or unauthorized memory access.
Recommendation
It is recommended to immediately apply the Linux kernel patch containing the ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI workaround for affected ARM CPUs.
Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: errata: Mitigate TLBI errata on various Arm CPUs A number of CPUs developed by Arm suffer from errata whereby a broadcast TLBI;DSB sequence may complete before the global observation of writes which are translated by an affected TLB entry. These errata ONLY affect the completion of memory accesses which have been translated by an invalidated TLB entry, and these errata DO NOT affect the actual invalidation of TLB entries. TLB entries are removed correctly. This issue has been assigned CVE ID CVE-2025-10263. To mitigate this issue, Arm recommends that software follows any affected TLBI;DSB sequence with an additional TLBI;DSB, which will ensure that all memory write effects affected by the first TLBI have been globally observed. The additional TLBI can use any operation that is broadcast to affected CPUs, and the additional DSB can use any option that is sufficient to complete the additional TLBI. The ARM64_WORKAROUND_REPEAT_TLBI workaround is sufficient to mitigate the issue. Enable this workaround for affected CPUs, and update the silicon errata documentation accordingly. Note that due to the manner in which Arm develops IP and tracks errata, some CPUs share a common erratum number.