Race condition in Android kernel io-pgtable leads to memory corruption
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
A race condition in arm_lpae_split_blk_unmap of io-pgtable-arm-common.c in the Android kernel can corrupt memory. A local attacker with no additional execution privileges can exploit it to escalate privileges, and no user interaction is needed. The weakness is improper synchronization of shared resources (CWE-362).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
In arm_lpae_split_blk_unmap of io-pgtable-arm-common.c, there is a possible memory corruption due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Android.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Timeline
- 2026-11-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-59043
- 2026-11-02 Alias added: GHSA-q6rv-x86h-cv56
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-03 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-03 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More Google Android vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-42236 Improper authorization in Google Android KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-30821 Use after free in Google Android KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-17777 Improper privilege management in Google Android KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-30872 Integer overflow in Google Android KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2024-21766 there is a possible way to bypass due to a logic error in the code. KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-30849 Missing authentication in Google Android KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-59043 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-59043 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q6rv-x86h-cv56 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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