diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/cve-exclusion.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/cve-exclusion.inc
index b2eb15d0..36643ccc 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/cve-exclusion.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/cve-exclusion.inc
@@ -197,3 +197,12 @@ CVE_STATUS[CVE-2025-71145] = "cpe-stable-backport: Fixed from v6.18.3"
 # https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14899
 CVE_STATUS[CVE-2019-14899] = "unpatched: Consequence of the default weak host \
 model, no upstream fix"
+
+# Triaged August 2026 - no upstream fix, Debian says "Inherent design
+# limitation, can be avoided by not using KSM", Red Hat closed their bug as
+# WONTFIX.
+# https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3714
+# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1931327
+# https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3714
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2021-3714] = "unpatched: Timing side channel inherent to Kernel \
+Same-page Merging (KSM) page deduplication"