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CVE-2026-52959

kernel: virt: sev-guest: Do not use host-controlled page order in cleanup path

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

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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