{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-43214", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-01T14:12:55.993Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-06T11:28:16.766Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-06T11:28:16.766Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-06T11:28:16.766Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: x86: Add SRCU protection for reading PDPTRs in __get_sregs2()\n\nAdd SRCU read-side protection when reading PDPTR registers in\n__get_sregs2().\n\nReading PDPTRs may trigger access to guest memory:\nkvm_pdptr_read() -> svm_cache_reg() -> load_pdptrs() ->\nkvm_vcpu_read_guest_page() -> kvm_vcpu_gfn_to_memslot()\n\nkvm_vcpu_gfn_to_memslot() dereferences memslots via __kvm_memslots(),\nwhich uses srcu_dereference_check() and requires either kvm->srcu or\nkvm->slots_lock to be held. 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