CVE-2026-52959
kernel: virt: sev-guest: Do not use host-controlled page order in cleanup path
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Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS
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Published · June 24, 2026
Updated · October 15, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) guest module. This vulnerability allows a malicious host to provide an invalid buffer size during an extended guest request. This incorrect handling of host-controlled page order during the cleanup process can lead to a mismatch between the allocated and freed buffer sizes, potentially resulting in corruption within the page allocator. This corruption could lead to system instability or a denial of service.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CWE-131 · Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size