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    "id": "CVE-2021-46977",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46977",
    "idYear": 2021,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2024-02-28T08:13:08.489Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-08-05T08:45:21.421Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:56:36.661Z",
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      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "KVM: VMX: Disable preemption when probing user return MSRs",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: VMX: Disable preemption when probing user return MSRs\n\nDisable preemption when probing a user return MSR via RDSMR/WRMSR.  If\nthe MSR holds a different value per logical CPU, the WRMSR could corrupt\nthe host's value if KVM is preempted between the RDMSR and WRMSR, and\nthen rescheduled on a different CPU.\n\nOpportunistically land the helper in common x86, SVM will use the helper\nin a future commit.",
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