{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-72281","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-08-09T03:40:39.916Z","datePublished":"2026-08-15T05:55:05.652Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:11:42.129Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:11:42.129Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: arm64: account pKVM reclaim against the VM mm\n\nProtected guest faults charge long term pins to the VM's mm. Teardown\ncan run later from file release, where current->mm may be unrelated.\n\nDrop the charge from kvm->mm instead."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["arch/arm64/kvm/pkvm.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4e6e03f9eaddb6be5ca8477dc5642e94ddece47e","lessThan":"34d8d7242c52c174add6b413d56420aa60f8054c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4e6e03f9eaddb6be5ca8477dc5642e94ddece47e","lessThan":"d098bb75d14fde2f12155f1a95ec0168160867ce","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["arch/arm64/kvm/pkvm.c"],"versions":[{"version":"7.1","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.5","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"7.1","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"7.1","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34d8d7242c52c174add6b413d56420aa60f8054c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d098bb75d14fde2f12155f1a95ec0168160867ce"}],"title":"KVM: arm64: account pKVM reclaim against the VM mm","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}