CVE-2026-53277
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.1%
1.3th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-820
Published 2026-06-25 · modified 2026-09-09
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | C | Changed |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2026-06-25 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-09-09 — Last modified (NVD)
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.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97706097f9b851cfe55c3b00b083dfc2bcf542bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec42b4ed1b072ea2d03f086061aa67bad6d8de39
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2ca45b50d4216c9cc7ffabf50d9ad1932209251
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64775
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53277
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492725
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-53277.json