CVE-2026-0037

Local privilege escalation via late FF-A handle reservation

Published Mar 2, 2026 · Updated Mar 2, 2026

Memory corruption in Android's protected KVM kernel component allows local users to elevate privileges without user interaction. In arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c, __do_ffa_mem_xfer commits an FF-A memory transfer to the Trusted Zone before confirming that the host handle store has a free entry, forcing an unsafe rollback when the store is full. Exploitation requires local code execution but no additional execution privileges, and successful corruption grants higher privileges on an affected device.

CVSS severity8.4
High
EPSS probability0.15%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Memory corruption in Android's protected KVM kernel component allows local users to elevate privileges without user interaction. In arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/ffa.c, __do_ffa_mem_xfer commits an FF-A memory transfer to the Trusted Zone before confirming that the host handle store has a free entry, forcing an unsafe rollback when the store is full. Exploitation requires local code execution but no additional execution privileges, and successful corruption grants higher privileges on an affected device.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-0037
Published
Mar 2, 2026
Updated
Mar 2, 2026
Vendor
Go standard library
Product
Android
Classifications
CWE-787, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=Android kernel

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Go standard library · Androidversion=Android kernel

Published CVSS scores

8.4CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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