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How to defend ARM64 cloud infrastructure

· Published 12/06/2026 16:57 · Modified 15/06/2026 18:46

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Published
12/06/2026 16:57
Modified
15/06/2026 18:46
Tags
2026-06-12 CVE-2026-46316 arm64 cloud infrastructure guest-to-host escape itscape kvm vgic-its yara rules
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1 vulnerabilities (cve), 1 observables, 10 techniques (mitre)

Description

() is a vulnerability in the emulation within /, disclosed by researcher Hyunwoo Kim. The flaw stems from a race condition in the vgic_its_invalidate_cache() function causing a double-put use-after-free, enabling host kernel code execution. Since the bug exists in in-kernel rather than QEMU user-space, successful exploitation grants host kernel privileges, posing significant risk to multi-tenant cloud environments. The vulnerability can be chained with local privilege escalation when guest root access is unavailable. Affected kernels range from commit 8201d1028caa through 13031fb6b835, when the patch was applied. Two have been developed for detection: one targeting hardcoded constants from the proof-of-concept, another identifying behavioral patterns in privilege drop sequences.

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