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CVE-2026-99251: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: Avoid infinite retry loop in init_vp_index() There is a retry loop in init_vp

CVE-2026-99251 Nov 3, 2026 Source: Vendor

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Drivers: hv: Avoid infinite retry loop in init_vp_index()

There is a retry loop in init_vp_index() where the CPUs from a certain
node are stripped out if they have already been in the allocated cpumask
or not in HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping cpumask. If there is no
CPU left, the allocated cpumask is ignored and the process is retried
again. However, if the HK_TYPE_MANAGED_IRQ housekeeping cpumask turns
out not to contain an

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