CVE-2026-72291KVM: s390: Fix unlikely race in try_get_locked_pte()
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: s390: Fix unlikely race in try_get_locked_pte() Fix an unlikely race in try_get_locked_pte(), which could have happened if puds or pmds get unmapped between the p?dp_get() and p?d_offset() functions.
- CVSS
- 9.3 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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 89fa757931dc0bcd64ef22b28d1d5ad00c5d02f4 before ce587046baacdeb774b7756ab29b3f594e429004; from 89fa757931dc0bcd64ef22b28d1d5ad00c5d02f4 before 5670b7f927f8d98685f3f5873dbf9f8d7a5a63f3 | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce587046baacdeb774b7756ab29b3f594e429004
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5670b7f927f8d98685f3f5873dbf9f8d7a5a63f3
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