High severity · published Jun 25, 2026
CVE-2026-53277
KVM: arm64: Take the SRCU lock for page table walks in fault injection and AT emulation
8.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: arm64: Take the SRCU lock for page table walks in fault injection and AT emulation
walk_s1() and kvm_walk_nested_s2() expect to be called while holding
kvm->srcu to guard against memslot changes. While this is generally
the case, __kvm_at_s12() and __kvm_find_s1_desc_level() call into the
respective walkers without taking kvm->srcu.
Fix by acquiring kvm->srcu prior to the table walk in both instances.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.12 before 6.18.36; 6.19 before 7.0.13; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; +2 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
be04cebf3e78874627dc1042991d5d504464a5cc before 0648b375aa951cc15d9e90f9ac4de71e0b51fa45; be04cebf3e78874627dc1042991d5d504464a5cc before 97706097f9b851cfe55c3b00b083dfc2bcf542bc; be04cebf3e78874627dc1042991d5d504464a5cc before ec42b4ed1b072ea2d03f086061aa67bad6d8de39; be04cebf3e78874627dc1042991d5d504464a5cc before f2ca45b50d4216c9cc7ffabf50d9ad1932209251; 6.12 · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53277
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53277
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0648b375aa951cc15d9e90f9ac4de71e0b51fa45
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97706097f9b851cfe55c3b00b083dfc2bcf542bc
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec42b4ed1b072ea2d03f086061aa67bad6d8de39
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2ca45b50d4216c9cc7ffabf50d9ad1932209251
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64775
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53277
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