CVEPublished 2026-08-15Modified 2026-08-171 article on news4 live referencesNVD 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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Known PoCs on GitHub

No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-72291 on GitHub.