Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64284
Published: July 27, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause guest memory dirty logging to be incomplete.
The vulnerability exists due to improper synchronization in KVM x86 exit handling when processing fastpath userspace exits. A local user can trigger a fastpath userspace exit to cause guest memory dirty logging to be incomplete.
The issue affects vendor-specific KVM exit handling paths such as VMX, where operations needed before returning control to userspace may be skipped.
Affected software
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64284
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-31.31
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-31.31.1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1012.12
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1019.19
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2018.18
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-31.31~24.04.1
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1006.7
linux-aws-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18~24.04.1
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Race condition in Linux kernel x86 kvm
- Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
- Ubuntu update for linux
- Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-7.0
- Ubuntu update for linux-oracle-7.0
- Ubuntu update for linux-azure
- Ubuntu update for linux-azure-7.0
- Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia
- Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-bos
- Ubuntu update for linux-ibm
- Ubuntu update for linux-raspi
- Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-7.0