CVE-2026-63938 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been re…

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SEV: Check PSC request indices against the actual size of the buffer When processing Page State Change (PSC) requests, validate the PSC buffer against the effective size of the scratch area, which could be less than the maximum size if the guest provided a pointer that isn't exactly at the start of the GHCB shared buffer.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-63938
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 2026-07-19 07:54 UTC
Published: 2026-07-19 14:55 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-19 14:55 UTC
Vendor / Product: Linux / Linux
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
Linux	Linux	—	9b54e248d2644be71cb394eb85f31ad99e023a05 < 5198f70c09a5f6e9e5f5a0a2c6b388f24294b176, 9b54e248d2644be71cb394eb85f31ad99e023a05 < 75c8d1d7291268b479794fba5808971dc2f5eaf3, 9b54e248d2644be71cb394eb85f31ad99e023a05 < 505a3b94535583e4265360e2621734e355ef263d, 9b54e248d2644be71cb394eb85f31ad99e023a05 < 121d88de56bc5c0ba0ce2f6381af67f948a7e7c1
Linux	Linux	—	6.11, 0 < 6.11, 6.12.93 ≤ 6.12., 6.18.35 ≤ 6.18. …

References (4)