CVE-2026-72305
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: VDUSE: avoid leaking information to userspace The bounceing is not necessarily page aligned, so current VDUSE can leak kernel information through mapping bounce pages to userspace. Allocate bounce pages with __GFP_ZERO to avoid leaking information to userspace.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-08-15 06:22:03.217000
Last modified
2026-11-06 17:19:42.623000
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