16-Year-Old Linux KVM Flaw Lets Guest VMs Escape to Host on Intel and AMD x86 Systems

A use-after-free bug in Linux's KVM hypervisor can be triggered from a guest virtual machine to corrupt the shadow-page state of the host kernel that runs it. Dubbed 'Januscape' and tracked as CVE-2026-53359, the flaw sits in the shadow MMU code that KVM shares across both Intel and AMD. The publ...

Januscape

Januscape: Guest-to-Host Escape in KVM/x86 Abstract...

Windows Defender (MsMpEng.exe) - Race Condition

Titles: Windows Defender MsMpEng.exe - Race Condition Author: nu11secur1ty Date: 2026-06-11 Vendor: Microsoft Corporation Software: Windows Defender Antivirus MsMpEng.exe Reference: https://gitlab.com/nu11secur1ty/0/-/raw/main/README.md?reftype=heads Description: A race condition exists between...

CVE-2026-53359

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Kernel-based Virtual Machine KVM x86 shadow paging mechanism. This vulnerability occurs when a host page directory entry PDE mapping is changed from within the guest, leading to an unexpected role mismatch in shadow paging. This mismatch can cause a...

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

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SUSE CVE-2026-53359

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

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...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-53359

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

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

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 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...

EUVD-2026-41666

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

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 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 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, ...

CVE-2026-53359: Use After Free

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...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

5.4.17-2136.357.3.1 - KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role Paolo Bonzini Orabug: 39673892 - KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected GFN Sean Christopherson Orabug: 39673892 - KVM: x86/MMU: Recursively zap nested TDP SPs when zapping last/only pare...

Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update

5.15.0-322.203.3.2 - KVM: x86/mmu: Ensure hugepage is in by slot before checking max mapping level Sean Christopherson Orabug: 39673886 - KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected role Paolo Bonzini Orabug: 39673886 - KVM: x86: Fix shadow paging use-after-free due to unexpected...

ToddyCat-Linked Umbrij Malware Abuses OAuth to Access Gmail via Google API

The threat actor known as ToddyCat has been attributed to a new malware called Umbrij that's designed to gain surreptitious access to a victim's email correspondence via the Google API. "In this campaign, the attackers focused their attention on corporate email communications hosted on Gmail,...