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High CVSS 8.8

CVE-2026-72294

NVD analysis in progress

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: KVM: Check irq validity in kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt() Function kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt() can be called from userspace, here add irq validility cheking in kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt().

What this means

Exposure
Exploitable with local access to the machine, with an ordinary user account and with no action from the victim.
Impact
An attacker can read sensitive data, modify or destroy data and take the service offline. The impact spreads beyond the vulnerable component into other parts of the system.
Likelihood
Its EPSS score stays low: nothing points to imminent exploitation, which is no reason to leave it unpatched.

What to doFold into the next patch cycle.

Read automatically from the CVSS vector, the weakness type (CWE) and the EPSS score. The technical description above remains the one published by NIST.

Published
15 August 2026
CVSS
8.8 (v3.1) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.16% probability of exploitation within 30 days · above 6% of all CVEs
Sources
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