CVE-2025-36920 (GCVE-0-2025-36920)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-10 20:46 – Updated: 2026-03-12 03:55
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Summary
In hyp_alloc of arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/alloc.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
CWE
  • Elevation of privilege
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Google Android Affected: Android kernel
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