Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72291
KVM: s390: Fix unlikely race in try_get_locked_pte()
9.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
89fa757931dc0bcd64ef22b28d1d5ad00c5d02f4 before ce587046baacdeb774b7756ab29b3f594e429004; 89fa757931dc0bcd64ef22b28d1d5ad00c5d02f4 before 5670b7f927f8d98685f3f5873dbf9f8d7a5a63f3; 7.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72291
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72291
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5670b7f927f8d98685f3f5873dbf9f8d7a5a63f3
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce587046baacdeb774b7756ab29b3f594e429004
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