CVE•Published 2026-08-15•Modified 2026-08-17•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-72291
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.3
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
10
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 90% of all CVEs
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-15
Modified 2026-08-17
External references
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Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-72291Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
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GitHub code
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Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
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