CVE-2026-23401Use After Free in Linux

CWE-416Use After Free20 documents9 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 1
Latest updateApr 20

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE When installing an emulated MMIO SPTE, do so *after* dropping/zapping the existing SPTE (if it's shadow-present). While commit a54aa15c6bda3 was right about it being impossible to convert a shadow-present SPTE to an MMIO SPTE due to a _guest_ write, it failed to account for writes to guest memory that are outside the scope of KVM. E.g. if host usersp

Affected Packages3 packages

CVEListV5linux/linuxa54aa15c6bda3ca7e2f9e040ba968a1da303e24fed5909992f344a7d3f4024261e9f751d9618a27d+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.19.11-1 (sid)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
VulDB
Linux Kernel up to 7.0-rc5 KVM is_shadow_present_pte memory corruption (EUVD-2026-17828 / Nessus ID 304626)2026-04-20
GHSA
GHSA-2g4m-3wvw-crq2: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE Whe2026-04-01
OSV
CVE-2026-23401: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE When2026-04-01

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Microsoft
KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE2026-04-02
Red Hat
kernel: KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE2026-04-01
Debian
CVE-2026-23401: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/mm...2026

🕵️Threat Intelligence

12
Wiz
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2026-23401 kernel: KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE2026-04-01
CVE-2026-23401 — Use After Free in Linux | cvebase