CVE-2026-68163

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

mm/page_vma_mapped: fix device-private PMD handling

Commit 65edfda6f3f2 ("mm/rmap: extend rmap and migration support device-private entries") introduced the concept of device-private PMD entries, but did not correctly update the rmap walk code to account for them.

As a result, when page_vma_mapped_walk() encounters device-private PMD entries, it takes no action other than to acquire the PMD lock and exit.

However this is highly problematic for two reasons - firstly, device private entries possess a PFN so check_pmd() needs to be called to ensure an overlapping PFN range.

Secondly, and more importantly, if PVMW_MIGRATION is set the caller assumes the returned entry is a migration entry, resulting in memory corruption when the caller tries to interpret the device private entry as such.

In addition, commit 146287290023 ("mm/huge_memory: implement device-private THP splitting") allowed device private PMDs to be split like THP mappings, but again did not update this code path.

As a result, we might race a PMD split prior to acquiring the PMD lock.

This patch addresses all of these issues by invoking check_pmd(), ensuring PMVW_MIGRATION is not set and checks whether a split raced us we do for PMD THP and migration entries.

Instead of checking for a subset of the cases after taking the pmd_lock(), put device-private along with pmd_trans_huge() and pmd_is_migration_entry(). Also remove thp_migration_supported() as it is already guarded by pmd_is_migration_entry().

[[email protected]: fix Raspberry Pi 1 build, per David]

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: 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
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 14, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

mm/page_vma_mapped: fix device-private PMD handling - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f84ca9b1888d8fce7dfefe0e750fa971f8797486
generic

mm/page_vma_mapped: fix device-private PMD handling - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab6209f4b48a98ef14d6766acdb62aa9bb32e670

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-68163(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 32× in last 7d / 44× 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.

  1. 2026-08-21 03:26 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 03:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 15:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 04:17 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-19 16:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 05:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 17:25 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 17:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 04:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-17 17:14 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-17 17:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-17 05:40 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-17 05:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-17 05:10 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-17 05:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-16 20:58 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-16 20:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-16 09:23 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-16 09:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-15 21:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-15 10:14 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-15 10:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-14 22:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-14 11:04 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-14 11:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-13 23:30 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-13 23:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-13 22:45 UTCEG score recompute 7.80
  11. 2026-08-13 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-13 22:44 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  13. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-13 16:07 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-13 16:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-10 13:24 UTCNVD update
  18. 2026-08-10 12:20 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-10 12:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-68163?
CVE-2026-68163 is a high vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/pagevmamapped: fix device-private PMD handling Commit 65edfda6f3f2 ("mm/rmap: extend rmap and migration support device-private entries") introduced the concept of device-private PMD entries, but did not correctly update the rmap…
When was CVE-2026-68163 disclosed?
CVE-2026-68163 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-68163 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-68163 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 93.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-68163?
CVE-2026-68163 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-68163?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-68163, 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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