CVE-2026-72284

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Ignore pending PV EOI if the vCPU has since disabled PV EOIs Ignore KVM's internal "service pending PV EOI" request if the vCPU has disabled PV EOIs since the request was made. Asserting that PV EOIs are enabled can fail if reading guest memory in pv_eoi_get_user() fails, i.e. if pv_eoi_test_and_clr_pending() bails early, *and* the vCPU also disables PV EOIs. kernel BUG at arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c:3338! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP CPU: 4 UID: 1000 PID: 890 Comm: pv_eoi_test Not tainted 7.0.0-d585aa5894d8-vm #337 PREEMPT Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 RIP: 0010:kvm_lapic_sync_from_vapic+0x12b/0x140 [kvm] Call Trace: <TASK> kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x1075/0x1c30 [kvm] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x2d5/0x980 [kvm] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8a/0xd0 do_syscall_64+0xb5/0xb40 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53 </TASK> Modules linked in: kvm_intel kvm irqbypass ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedAug 15, 2026
First seenAug 15, 2026

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  • Linux Linux038b9ce6fafda1babd1e33d52cbc6039747a6d87, 8e9f7a95279bf608cf4c331ed89612e28c04564f, ebd7845ca0471d251a1cb48d84eb165aff5b7123, 97542f15dc4cf6cd3fdc035e482dca54246ddf48, 32bdca80aa81c2cb906f50a88b220ce1ecdc5e6e, 9285e4070df2c40585c3d7ec9571faa7a2b97e17 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxae7a2a3fb6f8b784c2752863f4f1f20c656f76fb ≤ v < 038b9ce6fafda1babd1e33d52cbc6039747a6d87, ae7a2a3fb6f8b784c2752863f4f1f20c656f76fb ≤ v < 8e9f7a95279bf608cf4c331ed89612e28c04564f, ae7a2a3fb6f8b784c2752863f4f1f20c656f76fb ≤ v < ebd7845ca0471d251a1cb48d84eb165aff5b7123, ae7a2a3fb6f8b784c2752863f4f1f20c656f76fb ≤ v < 97542f15dc4cf6cd3fdc035e482dca54246ddf48, ae7a2a3fb6f8b784c2752863f4f1f20c656f76fb ≤ v < 32bdca80aa81c2cb906f50a88b220ce1ecdc5e6e, ae7a2a3fb6f8b784c2752863f4f1f20c656f76fb ≤ v < 9285e4070df2c40585c3d7ec9571faa7a2b97e17, 3.6038b9ce6fafda1babd1e33d52cbc6039747a6d87, 8e9f7a95279bf608cf4c331ed89612e28c04564f, ebd7845ca0471d251a1cb48d84eb165aff5b7123, 97542f15dc4cf6cd3fdc035e482dca54246ddf48, 32bdca80aa81c2cb906f50a88b220ce1ecdc5e6e, 9285e4070df2c40585c3d7ec9571faa7a2b97e17

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