PT-2026-72466 · Git+4 · Kernel+120

CVE-2026-72278

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Published

2026-08-15

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Updated

2026-08-18

CVSS v3.1

9.3

Critical

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description An issue exists in the KVM arm64 nv component where the system faults in the VNCR page with FOLL WRITE whenever a guest aborts for a write. This occurs because the guest may read from the VNCR before writing to it, resulting in a Page Frame Number (PFN) that is read-only. This behavior affects how stage-2 mappings are handled and impacts the ordering requirements of FEAT ETS2/3 between descriptor updates and MMU faults.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

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Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-72278

Affected Products

Kernel
Linux
Linux-Allwinner-5.19
Linux-Aws
Linux-Aws-5.0
Linux-Aws-5.11
Linux-Aws-5.13
Linux-Aws-5.19
Linux-Aws-5.3
Linux-Aws-5.8
Linux-Aws-6.14
Linux-Aws-6.17
Linux-Aws-6.2
Linux-Aws-6.5
Linux-Aws-7.0
Linux-Azure
Linux-Azure-5.11
Linux-Azure-5.13
Linux-Azure-5.19
Linux-Azure-5.3
Linux-Azure-5.8
Linux-Azure-6.11
Linux-Azure-6.14
Linux-Azure-6.17
Linux-Azure-6.2
Linux-Azure-6.5
Linux-Azure-7.0
Linux-Azure-Edge
Linux-Azure-Fde
Linux-Azure-Fde-5.19
Linux-Azure-Fde-6.14
Linux-Azure-Fde-6.17
Linux-Azure-Fde-6.2
Linux-Azure-Fde-7.0
Linux-Azure-Nvidia-6.14
Linux-Bluefield
Linux-Gcp
Linux-Gcp-5.11
Linux-Gcp-5.13
Linux-Gcp-5.19
Linux-Gcp-5.3
Linux-Gcp-5.8
Linux-Gcp-6.11
Linux-Gcp-6.14
Linux-Gcp-6.17
Linux-Gcp-6.2
Linux-Gcp-6.5
Linux-Gcp-7.0
Linux-Gke
Linux-Gke-4.15
Linux-Gkeop-5.15
Linux-Gke-5.4
Linux-Gkeop
Linux-Hwe
Linux-Hwe-5.11
Linux-Hwe-5.13
Linux-Hwe-5.19
Linux-Hwe-5.8
Linux-Hwe-6.11
Linux-Hwe-6.14
Linux-Hwe-6.17
Linux-Hwe-6.2
Linux-Hwe-6.5
Linux-Hwe-7.0
Linux-Hwe-Edge
Linux-Ibm
Linux-Intel-5.13
Linux-Intel-Iot-Realtime
Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-5.19
Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.11
Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.2
Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.5
Linux-Lts
Linux-Nvidia
Linux-Nvidia-6.11
Linux-Nvidia-6.17
Linux-Nvidia-6.2
Linux-Nvidia-6.5
Linux-Nvidia-7.0
Linux-Nvidia-Bos
Linux-Oem
Linux-Oem-5.10
Linux-Oem-5.13
Linux-Oem-5.14
Linux-Oem-5.17
Linux-Oem-5.6
Linux-Oem-6.0
Linux-Oem-6.1
Linux-Oem-6.11
Linux-Oem-6.14
Linux-Oem-6.17
Linux-Oem-6.5
Linux-Oem-6.8
Linux-Oem-7.0
Linux-Oracle
Linux-Oracle-5.0
Linux-Oracle-5.11
Linux-Oracle-5.13
Linux-Oracle-5.3
Linux-Oracle-5.8
Linux-Oracle-6.14
Linux-Oracle-6.17
Linux-Oracle-6.5
Linux-Oracle-7.0
Linux-Raspi
Linux-Raspi-Realtime
Linux-Raspi2
Linux-Realtime
Linux-Realtime-6.14
Linux-Realtime-6.17
Linux-Riscv
Linux-Riscv-5.11
Linux-Riscv-5.19
Linux-Riscv-5.8
Linux-Riscv-6.14
Linux-Riscv-6.17
Linux-Riscv-6.5
Linux-Riscv-7.0
Linux-Starfive-5.19
Linux-Starfive-6.2
Linux-Starfive-6.5