KVM: arm64: account pKVM reclaim against the VM mm

Summary

CVECVE-2026-72281
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-15 06:21:58 UTC
Updated2026-08-17 06:18:30 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: account pKVM reclaim against the VM mm Protected guest faults charge long term pins to the VM's mm. Teardown can run later from file release, where current->mm may be unrelated. Drop the charge from kvm->mm instead.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.001980000 probability, percentile 0.098980000 (date 2026-08-17)

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 4e6e03f9eaddb6be5ca8477dc5642e94ddece47e 34d8d7242c52c174add6b413d56420aa60f8054c git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4e6e03f9eaddb6be5ca8477dc5642e94ddece47e d098bb75d14fde2f12155f1a95ec0168160867ce git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 7.1 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.1 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.1.5 7.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/d098bb75d14fde2f12155f1a95ec0168160867ce 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/34d8d7242c52c174add6b413d56420aa60f8054c 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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