CVE-2026-98717Published

KVM: x86/mmu: Bail from shadow walks if the root is invalid or a dummy

Exact source revision recorded 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.

Recorded JSON

cve-program · CVE-2026-98717

Published

Linux

Vendor product

Original vendor version evidence · not evaluated as a NuGet range

{
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0e3223d8d00ac05849661f1b8b476d3caca251cf",
                            "lessThan": "951fce1510645ba5df38da6fb85ece5726ec347d",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0e3223d8d00ac05849661f1b8b476d3caca251cf",
                            "lessThan": "e1bcabc07efd029ab414894127411129ffdb8b48",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0e3223d8d00ac05849661f1b8b476d3caca251cf",
                            "lessThan": "97c1dcce17ef27853860c781f9912257e6adbf7c",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0e3223d8d00ac05849661f1b8b476d3caca251cf",
                            "lessThan": "681e31f03ec9219099a66a0f6e1bc48e1b5aa914",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0e3223d8d00ac05849661f1b8b476d3caca251cf",
                            "lessThan": "b6249c1d5665098c8bf12f8d3e4712bf04c775bc",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        }
                    ]
                }

Linux

Vendor product

Original vendor version evidence · not evaluated as a NuGet range

{
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "6.6",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "6.6",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.6.160",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.12.113",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.18.56",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7.2.10",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "7.3",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                        }
                    ]
                }

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