In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: SEV: Fix page dirtying in sev_gmem_post_populate()

set_page_dirty() requires that the caller holds some kind of lock to
ensure that the page's mapping does not concurrently go away.
That is not the case for a random page we got from get_user_pages_fast(),
so use set_page_dirty_lock().

[sean: tag for stable]

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Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SEV: Fix page dirtying in sev_gmem_post_populate() set_page_dirty() requires that the caller holds some kind of lock to ensure that the page's mapping does not concurrently go away. That is not the case for a random page we got from get_user_pages_fast(), so use set_page_dirty_lock(). [sean: tag for stable]
Title KVM: SEV: Fix page dirtying in sev_gmem_post_populate()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-28T10:35:31.315Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.399Z

Link: CVE-2026-99177

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-28T11:17:38.397

Modified: 2026-10-28T11:17:38.397

Link: CVE-2026-99177

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Updated: 2026-10-28T13:00:15Z

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