CVE-2026-72291

CVE-2026-72291

Critical · published August 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: s390: Fix unlikely race in try_get_locked_pte()

Fix an unlikely race in try_get_locked_pte(), which could have happened

if puds or pmds get unmapped between the p?dp_get() and p?d_offset()

functions.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.3 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00180 · 7.1th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:22Z
References (2)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5670b7f927f8d98685f3f5873dbf9f8d7a5a63f3 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce587046baacdeb774b7756ab29b3f594e429004 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:55Z
    KVM: s390: Fix unlikely race in try_get_locked_pte()
    cvelistv5