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CVE-2026-72291

Critical 9.3

Published
Last modified
NVD status
Received

Description

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.

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Metrics

CVSS 3.1
9.3 CRITICAL Score source: CNA CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
0% percentile: 8 · as of 11 November 2026

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