CVE-2026-72305

VDUSE: avoid leaking information to userspace

N/A

Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:55 AM UTC

Updated: August 23, 2026 at 01:17 PM 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: VDUSE: avoid leaking information to userspace The bounceing is not necessarily page aligned, so current VDUSE can leak kernel information through mapping bounce pages to userspace. Allocate bounce pages with __GFP_ZERO to avoid leaking information to userspace.

Affected

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

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

5.15 ≤ v < 5.15.2175.15 ≤ v < 6.1.1845.15 ≤ v < 6.12.1015.15 ≤ v < 6.18.425.15 ≤ v < 6.6.1485.15 ≤ v < 7.1.55.15 ≤ v < 7.25.158c773d53fb7b64267b0f55c1d3517cb8c5e29b3c

Vendor states this is fixed in 00335df9da2011e095f846d645cc2e9fd2907659 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 3ae878f262bd1445c8c31511856a99962a05fe16 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 41e27a6aca608c9e04f091c29c420d03fafe0313 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5e88c1bc3a41d9a260dd42bae8ad18fd4f35bbe1 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 690fb82c4122f8c2656fa4f842275132771b68b9 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 9c1523803445ee0348f62b77793266dd981596e0 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in fde25641cbddd0c084e3320d08f755e7e6acfae5 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.217 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.184 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.101 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.42 (unaffected)