CVE-2026-98164
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: x86/mmu: Check write tracking in all address spaces
kvm_gfn_is_write_tracked() checks only the supplied memslot, but page tracking is per-address-space and shadow pages are shared across all address spaces. With SMM, a GFN can therefore be write-tracked in one address space and appear untracked through the other.
Check the supplied slot first, then the slot for the other address space. This ensures all callers honor write tracking regardless of the active address space. In particular, it prevents mmu_try_to_unsync_pages() from marking an upper-level shadow page unsync and eventually triggering the BUG in pte_list_remove().
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[invert direction of the conditional. - Paolo]
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.14%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 3
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation75 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact70 %
Acceso local (AV:L, PR:L) sin interacción dispara T1068. El BUG en kernel causa DoS por pánico de memoria (CWE-670, fallo de validación en tracking).
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-670
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09aa68552d2542cc6c23edd1568ac265dc5d886f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f38453cdb2e17566ccb7c0f3dabd5bd21caca26
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/429b6f43b4d8c98988fdca99e02dc156134e3d77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0a9bd5fca0b5f2dea32b0fc31350e71e8648112
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8636c8f9f95d0fd1e2f6f1cad0d5757aa6f212a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec8fcaf354c1cbb36755d48e9f5a00c9591349e5
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