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CVE-2026-59042

high

In __pkvm_pages_to_ppages of mmu.c, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to a race condition.

Vendor / product: Google — android

In __pkvm_pages_to_ppages of mmu.c, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

CVSS
7.4
7.4 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-11-02 20:17
Modified: 2026-11-04 19:55
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 4 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 20:06 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

google / android all versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-11-01
Patch / mitigation: https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/1569a00286640e452ce917ee8b3cec04c5cc3715
Patch / mitigation: https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/382cffbd3842b64260993d2438926a9f2a0a447e
Patch / mitigation: https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-11-01

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 20:06 UTC · record ↗

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