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

CVE record · `CVE-2026-99251`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-99251`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 3 Nov 2026
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 3 Nov 2026, 11:18 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6640b5df1a38801be6d0595c8cd2177d968d7ee0 to before b3993f6dc106ff416c7a613c631e1e0af451aed7` (git)
  - affected: `6640b5df1a38801be6d0595c8cd2177d968d7ee0 to before f561392afb44a8a42c54c1cfd3f33dace0b50537` (git)
  - affected: `6640b5df1a38801be6d0595c8cd2177d968d7ee0 to before 15dd3429f0e76ca071657e480cb7e6ff3a1af730` (git)
  - affected: `6640b5df1a38801be6d0595c8cd2177d968d7ee0 to before 7141331f2d245efc07175802a6bf76badec871ed` (git)
  - affected: `6640b5df1a38801be6d0595c8cd2177d968d7ee0 to before 95fec47cdbf747b81ab22affd7252dda6050ad0c` (git)
  - affected: `6640b5df1a38801be6d0595c8cd2177d968d7ee0 to before 32ea0a33e3a0fb7c10c601b43e1b2f6c06a3f5fd` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.19`
  - unaffected: `before 5.19` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.161 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.115 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.59 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.13 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0016, the 5th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 3 Nov 2026, 11:18 UTC: [Confirmed by the CVE List](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99251)
- 3 Nov 2026, 11:27 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 3 Nov 2026, 12:17 UTC: [Confirmed by NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99251)

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-99251](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99251)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-99251](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99251)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3993f6dc106ff416c7a613c631e1e0af451aed7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f561392afb44a8a42c54c1cfd3f33dace0b50537>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15dd3429f0e76ca071657e480cb7e6ff3a1af730>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7141331f2d245efc07175802a6bf76badec871ed>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95fec47cdbf747b81ab22affd7252dda6050ad0c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32ea0a33e3a0fb7c10c601b43e1b2f6c06a3f5fd>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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