CVE-2026-53277
Published: June 27, 2026Last modified: July 6, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Take the SRCU lock for page table walks in fault injection and AT emulation walk_s1() and kvm_walk_nested_s2() expect to be called while holding kvm->srcu to guard against memslot changes. While this is generally the case, __kvm_at_s12() and __kvm_find_s1_desc_level() call into the respective walkers without taking kvm->srcu. Fix by acquiring kvm->srcu prior to the table walk in both instances.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 8.8 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | CHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | HIGH |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Not affected (6.1.33-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Vulnerable (6.12.92-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.18.38-r0) |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53277
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492725
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97706097f9b851cfe55c3b00b083dfc2bcf542bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec42b4ed1b072ea2d03f086061aa67bad6d8de39
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2ca45b50d4216c9cc7ffabf50d9ad1932209251
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-53277.json