What is CVE-2026-31785?

CVE-2026-31785 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.19 onward and patched in 6.19.12 and 7.0. CVE-2026-31785 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-31785?

CVE-2026-31785 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-31785?

Yes, CVE-2026-31785 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.19.12 and 7.0. If you are running Linux kernel 6.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-31785 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-31785 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-31785

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/xe_pagefault: Disallow writes to read-only VMAs The page fault handler should reject write/atomic access to read only VMAs. Add code to handle this in xe_pagefault_service after the VMA lookup. v2: - Apply max line length (Matthew) (cherry picked from commit 714ee6754ac5fa3dc078856a196a6b124cd797a0)

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-05-01

Last modified 2026-05-12

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.19.12, 7.0 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.19

Fixed in

✓ 6.19.12 6.19.x ✓ 7.0

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2026-31785 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d192b4f2d644d15d9a9f1d33dab05af936f6540
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b656f040ed4ed2074dfb78072745b41d44368be0
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2026-31785

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2026-05-01

Modified 2026-05-12

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-31785?

CVE-2026-31785 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.19 onward and has been patched in 6.19.12 and 7.0. CVE-2026-31785 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-31785?

CVE-2026-31785 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-31785?

Yes — CVE-2026-31785 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.19.12 and 7.0. If you are running Linux kernel 6.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-31785 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2026-31785 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.