CVE-2026-43265

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-06. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: x86: Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events from vcpu_block()

Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events after exiting a blocking state while L2 is active, as exiting to userspace will generate a spurious userspace exit, usually with KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN, and likely lead to the VM's demise. Continuing with the wakeup isn't perfect either, as *something* has gone sideways if a vCPU is awakened in L2 with an injected event (or worse, a nested run pending), but continuing on gives the VM a decent chance of surviving without any major side effects.

As explained in the Fixes commits, it _should_ be impossible for a vCPU to be put into a blocking state with an already-injected event (exception, IRQ, or NMI). Unfortunately, userspace can stuff MP_STATE and/or injected events, and thus put the vCPU into what should be an impossible state.

Don't bother trying to preserve the WARN, e.g. with an anti-syzkaller Kconfig, as WARNs can (hopefully) be added in paths where _KVM_ would be violating x86 architecture, e.g. by WARNing if KVM attempts to inject an exception or interrupt while the vCPU isn't running.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 6, 2026

Last Modified

May 8, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Aug 4, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

KVM: x86: Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events from vcpu_block() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec3be7dc9391085a2d96700e159d66d1328b7ff6
generic

KVM: x86: Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events from vcpu_block() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ead63640d4e72e6f6d464f4e31f7fecb79af8869
generic

KVM: x86: Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events from vcpu_block() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78265cd066d73a5cb41c088fcae4a2515e480d97
generic

KVM: x86: Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events from vcpu_block() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2657439265d34a911886b916ba8be97ecc117d51
generic

KVM: x86: Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events from vcpu_block() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e88b5f854bdb469424132e0bb44793ad7a7c20a
generic

KVM: x86: Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events from vcpu_block() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c957773063ed3264953597e32990a748381caf6

Patch Availability(15)

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (48 versions)6.1.170-1
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 (17 versions)6.12.85-1
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.19~rc8-1~exp1 (116 versions)6.19.6-1

All Vendor Advisories

(14)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 187 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-12 15:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-11 16:23 UTCOSV refresh
  4. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-11 09:37 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-09-08 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
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  15. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-23 19:52 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-23 19:52 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-08-23 19:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-17 12:54 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-17 12:54 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-08-17 12:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-16 04:52 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-16 04:52 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-16 04:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-15 02:19 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-15 02:19 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-08-15 02:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-14 03:25 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-14 03:25 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-08-14 03:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-12 23:23 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-12 23:23 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-08-12 23:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-12 00:30 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-12 00:30 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-12 00:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-11 01:31 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-11 01:31 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-08-11 01:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-08-10 01:27 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-08-10 01:27 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-08-10 01:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-08-09 02:34 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-09 02:34 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-08-09 02:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-08-07 20:08 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-07 20:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-06 21:14 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-06 21:14 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-08-06 21:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-05 22:20 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-08-05 22:20 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-08-05 22:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-04 03:26 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-04 03:26 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-08-04 03:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-03 03:59 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-08-03 03:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-02 05:06 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-08-02 05:06 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-02 05:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  69. 2026-07-23 03:14 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  71. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  72. 2026-07-20 23:02 UTCOSV refresh
  73. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43265?
CVE-2026-43265 is a medium vulnerability published on May 6, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events from vcpu_block() Ignore -EBUSY when checking nested events after exiting a blocking state while L2 is active, as exiting to userspace will generate a spurious userspace exit,…
When was CVE-2026-43265 disclosed?
CVE-2026-43265 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 6, 2026, with the most recent update on May 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-43265 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43265 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43265?
CVE-2026-43265 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43265?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-43265, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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