CVE-2026-53359 KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role Commit 0cb2af2ea66ad "KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN" fixed a shadow paging mismatch between stored and computed GFNs; the bug...

CVE-2026-53359

CVE-2026-53359 is a KVM/x86 shadow MMU use-after-free caused by a role mismatch when reusing shadow pages during a nested walk. The flaw arises when a PDE is modified and a 4KB leaf SPTE is installed on the new path, but the parent 2MB page’s direct flag and the shadow page’s role may not align, ...