CVE-2024-26691: KVM: arm64: Fix circular locking dependency
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-26691 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Locking vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 12Timeline
- 03-04-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Fix circular locking dependency The rule inside kvm enforces that the vcpu->mutex is taken *inside* kvm->lock. The rule is violated by the pkvm_create_hyp_vm() which acquires the kvm->lock while already holding the vcpu->mutex lock from kvm_vcpu_ioctl(). Avoid the circular locking dependency altogether by protecting the hyp vm handle with the config_lock, much like we already do for other forms of VM-scoped data.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.18%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
8%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.18% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu117 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 6211753fdfd05af9e08f54c8d0ba3ee516034878, < 3d16cebf01127f459dcfeb79ed77bd68b124c228 | ≥ 6211753fdfd05af9e08f54c8d0ba3ee516034878, < 3ab1c40a1e915e350d9181a4603af393141970cc | ≥ 6211753fdfd05af9e08f54c8d0ba3ee516034878, < 10c02aad111df02088d1a81792a709f6a7eca6cc | 3.11
- linux_kernel< 6.6.18 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.7.6 | 6.8:rc1 | 6.8:rc2 | 6.8:rc3 | 6.8:rc4
Debian1 product
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.7.7-1
3 vendors · 120 products
