Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-72285KVM: TDX: Reject concurrent change to CPUID entry count

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: TDX: Reject concurrent change to CPUID entry count Reject KVM_TDX_INIT_VM if userspace changes cpuid.nent between the initial read and the subsequent copy of the initialization data. tdx_td_init() first reads user_data->cpuid.nent to size the flexible kvm_tdx_init_vm copy. The copied structure also contains cpuid.nent, and that field can differ from the value used to size the allocation if userspace modifies the input concurrently. setup_tdparams_cpuids() later passes init_vm->cpuid.nent to kvm_find_cpuid_entry2(), which uses it as the array bound for the copied entries. Require the copied count to match the value used to size the allocation so that CPUID parsing cannot access beyond the entries actually copied.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux7.1.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-38.38UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.07.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.07.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde7.0.0-1016.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.07.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.07.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gke7.0.0-1008.9UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-38.38~24.04.4UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.07.0.0-1024.25~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bos7.0.0-2022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1013.13UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.07.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtime7.0.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-38.38.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-38.38.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72285

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 0bd0a4a1428baaf4447e95f0832492d9e3d64961 – before d6b5aba65e99531c97b146622a406c75653819d50bd0a4a1428baaf4447e95f0832492d9e3d64961 – before cfbebb55e5127dc162e73fa8956000055a78606c
Linux Linux 6.19

References