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CVE-2026-72280: KVM: arm64: nv: Drop bogus WARN for write to ZCR_EL2

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.18% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 5000bcae71c869cba6674c326fec2d8ad659ae3a, 6561597dba97e3e8479a9919bda172cf43eb902c, 7deadbc5dab5b8e2316364603bc6281129c8461c.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 5000bcae71c869cba6674c326fec2d8ad659ae3a, 6561597dba97e3e8479a9919bda172cf43eb902c, 7deadbc5dab5b8e2316364603bc6281129c8461c or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: nv: Drop bogus WARN for write to ZCR_EL2 It is entirely possible for a guest to write to the ZCR_EL2 sysreg alias while in a nested context, as it is expected if FEAT_NV2 is advertised to the L1 hypervisor. Get rid of the bogus WARN which, since the hyp vectors were installed at this point, has the effect of a hyp_panic...

HighCVSS 7.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Updated
Oct 16, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 8th percentile
CWE
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Action score

28

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · Linux
7.1
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 6.11affected
    • 0cfc85b8f5cf3b77463d61542191c75ba0cc3a5f and later · before 6561597dba97e3e8479a9919bda172cf43eb902caffected · git
    • 0cfc85b8f5cf3b77463d61542191c75ba0cc3a5f and later · before 5000bcae71c869cba6674c326fec2d8ad659ae3aaffected · git
    • 0cfc85b8f5cf3b77463d61542191c75ba0cc3a5f and later · before 7deadbc5dab5b8e2316364603bc6281129c8461caffected · git
    • 0cfc85b8f5cf3b77463d61542191c75ba0cc3a5f and later · before 9f1667098c6ae7ec81a9a56859cfdacb822aa0d0affected · git
    • before 6.11not affected · semver
    • 6.12.97 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
    • 6.18.40 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
    • 7.1.5 and later · up to and including 7.1.*not affected · semver
    • 7.2 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.100-16.12.100-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.1.5-17.1.5-1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-74705udp: fix potential use-after-free in tunnel segmentation
    40Plan
  • CVE-2026-74612veth: fix skb length accounting after XDP frag adjustment
    40Plan
  • CVE-2026-74475vxlan: use neigh_ha_snapshot() in route_shortcircuit()
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-72261Aug 15, 2026 · ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Validate size in snd_sof_update_control
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-72262Aug 15, 2026 · ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Fix heap overflow in bytes_ext put/get
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-72282Aug 15, 2026 · KVM: Move kvm_io_bus_get_dev() locking responsibilities to callers
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux5000bcae71c869cba6674c326fec2d8ad659ae3aVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux6561597dba97e3e8479a9919bda172cf43eb902cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7deadbc5dab5b8e2316364603bc6281129c8461cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux9f1667098c6ae7ec81a9a56859cfdacb822aa0d0Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.12.100-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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