{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72283 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-72283 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-72283 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-72283 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72283 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72283/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72283/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-72283","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72283/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-72283","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-72283","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72283","GHSA-ww73-cj9w-h762","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72283"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel KVM","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free in KVM x86 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via dangling pointers in irqfd handling.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: x86: Nullify irqfd-\u003eproducer if updating IRTE for bypass fails\n\nNullify irqfd-\u003eproducer if updating the IRTE for bypass fails, as leaving a\ndangling pointer will result in a use-after-free if the irqfd is reachable\nthrough KVM's routing, but the producer is freed separately.  E.g. for VFIO\nPCI, the producer is embedded in struct \"vfio_pci_irq_ctx\" and freed when\nthe vector is disabled, which can happen independent of routing updates.\n\n[sean: drop PPC change, massage changelog]","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"KVM: x86: Nullify irqfd-\u003eproducer if updating IRTE for bypass fails","id":"CVE-2026-72283","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"KVM: x86: Ignore pending PV EOI if the vCPU has since disabled PV EOIs","id":"CVE-2026-72284"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"KVM: Move kvm_io_bus_get_dev() locking responsibilities to callers","id":"CVE-2026-72282"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-17","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free in KVM x86 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via dangling pointers in irqfd handling.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72283/"}