CVE-2026-72281

KVM: arm64: account pKVM reclaim against the VM mm

N/A
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:55 AM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 06:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

7.1 ≤ v < 7.1.57.1 ≤ v < 7.24e6e03f9eaddb6be5ca8477dc5642e94ddece47e7.1
Vendor states this is fixed in 34d8d7242c52c174add6b413d56420aa60f8054c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d098bb75d14fde2f12155f1a95ec0168160867ce (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

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