SB20260727287 - Use-after-free in Linux kernel hyp nvhe
Published: July 27, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB20260727287
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-2026-64286)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 6.8 [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]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of a stale pointer in flush_hyp_vcpu() when copying the host vCPU context into the hyp private vCPU. A local user can provide a crafted __hyp_running_vcpu value to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs on arm64 KVM with pKVM at EL2 during vCPU context handling.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/477145860dba4c30f0b4e36f02f4c5291c1c888b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bea2f8becdb20d34378493c3b77a9b9cf8c6cfa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4f4d61715d1061ba83b88196a3605662be30750
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfaef40d8a1533940fc1af788d70fce07362b4ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8042f6e1d7befb2fb6b10a75918642bcd0acf9a