CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53020

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

A potential race condition was found in the Linux kernel during TLB synchronization. The issue arises from missing page table lock while traversing and modifying page tables. The fix disables split page table lock for simplicity.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this race condition to corrupt memory integrity, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or system crash.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit 0a8b5c7e). Monitor for patch availability in your distribution.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: um: Fix potential race condition in TLB sync During the TLB sync, we need to traverse and modify the page table, so we should hold the page table lock. Since full SMP support for threads within the same process is still missing, let's disable the split page table lock for simplicity.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS