CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-63937

8.8 HIGH Published 2026-07-19 Modified 2026-10-27 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-07-19
Last modified
2026-10-27
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-367

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SEV: Use READ_ONCE() when reading entries/indices from PSC buffer Use READ_ONCE() when reading entries/indices from the guest-accessible Page State Change buffer to defend against TOCTOU bugs. Don't bother with READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() for cases where KVM is writing (and not consuming the result!), as the guest isn't supposed to touch the buffer while it's being processed. I.e. using READ_ONCE() is all about protecting against misbehaving guests.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 6.11 < 6.12.93) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.35) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.0.12) • linux linux kernel 7.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition weakness

References