CVE-2026-72281KVM: arm64: account pKVM reclaim against the VM mm
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: account pKVM reclaim against the VM mm Protected guest faults charge long term pins to the VM's mm. Teardown can run later from file release, where current->mm may be unrelated. Drop the charge from kvm->mm instead.
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 4e6e03f9eaddb6be5ca8477dc5642e94ddece47e before 34d8d7242c52c174add6b413d56420aa60f8054c; from 4e6e03f9eaddb6be5ca8477dc5642e94ddece47e before d098bb75d14fde2f12155f1a95ec0168160867ce | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34d8d7242c52c174add6b413d56420aa60f8054c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d098bb75d14fde2f12155f1a95ec0168160867ce
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