Critical 9.3Published Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-72289KVM: arm64: vgic: Check the interrupt is still ours before migrating it

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 9:00 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: vgic: Check the interrupt is still ours before migrating it vgic_prune_ap_list() drops both ap_list_lock and irq_lock while migrating an interrupt to another vCPU. After reacquiring the locks it only checks that the affinity is unchanged (target_vcpu == vgic_target_oracle(irq)) before moving the interrupt, which assumes that an interrupt whose affinity is preserved is still queued on this vCPU's ap_list. That assumption no longer holds if the interrupt is taken off the ap_list while the locks are dropped. vgic_flush_pending_lpis() removes the interrupt from the list and sets irq->vcpu to NULL, but leaves enabled/pending/target_vcpu untouched. As the interrupt is still enabled and pending, vgic_target_oracle() returns the same target_vcpu, so the affinity check passes and list_del() is run a second time on an entry that has already been removed. Also check that the interrupt is still assigned to this vCPU (irq->vcpu == vcpu) before moving it.

CVSS: 9.3 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 0919e84c0fc1fc73525fdcedefab89ea8460f697 before 3893e1fcf6f306b327a8358dcd1cbd077989a240; from 0919e84c0fc1fc73525fdcedefab89ea8460f697 before cb3efe1a354f1638726725c3ecee1ce8d1a7e2dc; from 0919e84c0fc1fc73525fdcedefab89ea8460f697 before da2d249a39a1881681c303ceea33f38ba1c5bbeb; 0919e84c0fc1fc73525fdcedefab89ea8460f697 builds before 654be81c4c637af12709d47c7efc3302cd336513; from 0919e84c0fc1fc73525fdcedefab89ea8460f697 before e363c0bc0226dc5ea5046a88e9a6864b82c45399; 0919e84c0fc1fc73525fdcedefab89ea8460f697 builds before 79fdd2aa774e44847cd9bb7edc811e73e3dc7bfe; 0919e84c0fc1fc73525fdcedefab89ea8460f697 builds before 0658b09cba7fe866c6cd70cd2dcdfdcabe80328f; 0919e84c0fc1fc73525fdcedefab89ea8460f697 builds before 0074b82cdfcb5fd13710a0ac308ade68ac6f6fbe	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3893e1fcf6f306b327a8358dcd1cbd077989a240
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb3efe1a354f1638726725c3ecee1ce8d1a7e2dc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da2d249a39a1881681c303ceea33f38ba1c5bbeb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/654be81c4c637af12709d47c7efc3302cd336513
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e363c0bc0226dc5ea5046a88e9a6864b82c45399
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79fdd2aa774e44847cd9bb7edc811e73e3dc7bfe
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0658b09cba7fe866c6cd70cd2dcdfdcabe80328f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0074b82cdfcb5fd13710a0ac308ade68ac6f6fbe

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