CVE-2026-72291: Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: s390: Fix unlikely race in try_get_locked_pte() Fix an unlikely race in try_get_locked_pte(), which could have happened if puds or pmds get unmapped between the p?dp_get() and p?d_offset() functions.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 7.1, before 7.1.5 (fixed in 7.1.5)

Published 2026-08-15. Last modified 2026-08-17.