PT-2026-29036 · Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10+2

Published 2026-03-30 · Updated 2026-03-30 · CVE-2026-5165

NVD

CVSS v3.1

6.7

Medium

AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A flaw was found in virtio-win, specifically within the VirtIO Block (BLK) device. When the device undergoes a reset, it fails to properly manage memory, resulting in a use-after-free vulnerability. This issue could allow a local attacker to corrupt system memory, potentially leading to system instability or unexpected behavior.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-825

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-5165

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5165 · Security Note
• https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/pull/1493 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5165 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453015 · Note