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New Zapscape KVM Flaw Could Let Privileged L1 Guest Code Escape to Linux Hosts

Zapscape could let guest root escape nested KVM and execute code on the Linux host through a shadow-MMU use-after-free; no in-wild exploitation is cla

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A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, dubbed Zapscape, enables an attacker who has kernel‑level privileges inside a level‑1 guest virtual machine to break out of KVM isolation and run code on the underlying host. The flaw is relevant when nested virtualization is exposed to untrusted guest environments.

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