PT-2026-44254 · Linux · Linux Kernel
CVE-2026-46131
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Published
2026-05-28
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Updated
2026-07-20
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel versions prior to 7.0.11-1.1
Description
An issue exists in the KVM x86 component regarding slow flush hypercalls. The use of the
is guest mode(vcpu) function is incorrect because translate nested gpa() is only valid when an L2 guest is running with nested Extended Page Tables (EPT) or Nested Page Tables (NPT) enabled. EPT and NPT are hardware-assisted virtualization technologies used to map guest physical addresses to host physical addresses.Recommendations
Update to version 7.0.11-1.1.
Exploit
Fix
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Affected Products
Linux Kernel