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CVE-2026-97988

🗓️ 25 Sep 2026 10:23:21Reported by LinuxType 
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Linux kernel vhost uses stale vring mappings during IOTLB transitions, causing mixed mappings.

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Detection
Affected
Refs
ReporterTitlePublishedViews
Family
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-97988 vhost: invalidate vring access on IOTLB transitions
25 Sep 202610:23
–cvelist
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-97988
25 Sep 202610:23
–debiancve
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-86642
25 Sep 202610:23
–euvd
mscve
Microsoft CVE
vhost: invalidate vring access on IOTLB transitions
28 Sep 202606:32
–mscve
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-97988
25 Sep 202611:17
–nvd
osv-azl
osv-azl
AZL-104721 CVE-2026-97988 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1
25 Sep 202611:17
–osv-azl
osv-bell
osv-bell
BELL-CVE-2026-97988
29 Sep 202606:08
–osv-bell
osv-debian
osv-debian
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97988
25 Sep 202611:17
–osv-debian
osv-opensuse
osv-opensuse
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:12074-1 kernel-devel-7.2.9-1.1 on GA media
7 Oct 202600:00
–osv-opensuse
osv-ubuntu
osv-ubuntu
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-97988
25 Sep 202611:17
–osv-ubuntu
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linuxlinux_kernelRange4.8–6.18.57
linuxlinux_kernelRange6.19.0–7.2.7
linuxlinux_kernelRange7.3.0–7.3-rc3
[
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/vhost/net.c",
      "drivers/vhost/vhost.c",
      "drivers/vhost/vhost.h",
      "drivers/vhost/vsock.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "6b1e6cc7855b09a0a9bfa1d9f30172ba366f161c",
        "lessThan": "7f8ee0b8f632441aec456a7c147fb43f5c73542d",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "6b1e6cc7855b09a0a9bfa1d9f30172ba366f161c",
        "lessThan": "4a454af8e56c1596ada1421ae5eba90c8896c7c7",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "6b1e6cc7855b09a0a9bfa1d9f30172ba366f161c",
        "lessThan": "e4f4761879a230aa59e569102a6ab9851847d833",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/vhost/net.c",
      "drivers/vhost/vhost.c",
      "drivers/vhost/vhost.h",
      "drivers/vhost/vsock.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "4.8",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "4.8",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.18.57",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "7.2.7",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "version": "7.3-rc3",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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15 Oct 2026 11:18Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
EPSS0.00166
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