Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-72291

Linux Linux

KVM: s390: Fix unlikely race in try_get_locked_pte()

CVSS 3.1

9.3Critical

Official description

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 scores

Score	Version	Source	Vector
9.3Critical	3.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux)	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Source
Linux	Linux	7.1	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux	Linux	89fa757931dc0bcd64ef22b28d1d5ad00c5d02f4 ≤ v < ce587046baacdeb774b7756ab29b3f594e429004	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux	Linux	89fa757931dc0bcd64ef22b28d1d5ad00c5d02f4 ≤ v < 5670b7f927f8d98685f3f5873dbf9f8d7a5a63f3	CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published: 2026-08-15
Last updated: 2026-08-17
State: Published
Assigner (CNA): Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.18%

Probability of exploitation in 30 days

7.5%

Percentile (among all CVEs)