SB20260529191 - Use-after-free in Linux kernel kvm mmu
Published: May 29, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB20260529191
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-46113)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in KVM shadow paging when handling guest page table changes between VM entries. A local user can modify guest page tables to create a stale reverse-mapping entry and trigger a stale rmap walk to cause a denial of service.
This can be triggered during operations such as dirty logging or MMU notifier invalidations.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c19c967b845b63172601fe459667d973b7e6b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cb2af2ea66ad8ff195c156ea690f11216285bdf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14d1e55dfd2cf4711bff164a6aaaddb783552134
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/488e386484ec8c0e558be6e156edf34ed9f4d5c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/738ec97b1855df6c08fe2369f798fa0b972e556b