SB2026081691 - Race condition in Linux kernel kvm vgic
Published: August 16, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72289)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
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 a race condition in vgic_prune_ap_list() in the KVM arm64 virtual generic interrupt controller when migrating an interrupt to another vCPU while locks are temporarily dropped. A local user can trigger interrupt migration during this race to cause a denial of service.
The issue can result in list_del() being performed on an interrupt entry that has already been removed from the ap_list.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0074b82cdfcb5fd13710a0ac308ade68ac6f6fbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0658b09cba7fe866c6cd70cd2dcdfdcabe80328f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3893e1fcf6f306b327a8358dcd1cbd077989a240
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/654be81c4c637af12709d47c7efc3302cd336513
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79fdd2aa774e44847cd9bb7edc811e73e3dc7bfe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb3efe1a354f1638726725c3ecee1ce8d1a7e2dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da2d249a39a1881681c303ceea33f38ba1c5bbeb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e363c0bc0226dc5ea5046a88e9a6864b82c45399