# CVE-2026-72305: VDUSE: avoid leaking information to userspace

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-08-23

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: VDUSE: avoid leaking information to userspace The bounceing is not necessarily page aligned, so current VDUSE can leak kernel information through mapping bounce pages to userspace. Allocate bounce pages with __GFP_ZERO to avoid leaking information to userspace.

## What to do

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41e27a6aca608c9e04f091c29c420d03fafe0313
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ae878f262bd1445c8c31511856a99962a05fe16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fde25641cbddd0c084e3320d08f755e7e6acfae5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e88c1bc3a41d9a260dd42bae8ad18fd4f35bbe1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/690fb82c4122f8c2656fa4f842275132771b68b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00335df9da2011e095f846d645cc2e9fd2907659
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c1523803445ee0348f62b77793266dd981596e0

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