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CVE-2026-0037 is a critical local elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Android kernel’s protected Kernel-based Virtual Machine (pKVM) subsystem. The flaw is described as a logic error in multiple functions of ffa.c that can result in memory corruption. Available reporting associates the issue with the Kernel/pKVM component and indicates that successful exploitation can break virtual machine isolation and yield System privileges. The vulnerability does not require user interaction and is described as exploitable without additional execution privileges.
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A critical protected KVM (pKVM) elevation-of-privilege vulnerability that can break virtual machine isolation with System privileges.
Android Kernel component privilege escalation vulnerability.
Android Kernel component privilege escalation vulnerability.
A critical elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Android/Linux kernel pKVM (protected KVM) component.
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Every observed campaign linking this CVE to a named adversary.
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Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
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