CVE WATCH / VULNERABILITY DETAIL
CVE-2026-59042
HIGHCVSS 7.4NVD feed
Published 2 November 2026 · tracked since 3 November 2026
Description
In __pkvm_pages_to_ppages of mmu.c, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
References
- NVD — National Vulnerability Database
- CVE.org record (MITRE)
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog