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CVE-2026-63937

KVM: SEV: Use READ_ONCE() when reading entries/indices from PSC buffer PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 9b54e248d2644be71cb394eb85f31ad99e023a05 before bd232801ef1d1fd985d2d4ca3cd1d888303ca86f; affected 9b54e248d2644be71cb394eb85f31ad99e023a05 before b1dfaa6f7a957726a6800135be3659fbe4bbf2a4; affected 9b54e248d2644be71cb394eb85f31ad99e023a05 before edbbe88f83b524434974e84808d3093199d67c24; affected 9b54e248d2644be71cb394eb85f31ad99e023a05 before c8cc238093ca6c99267032f6cfe78f59389f3157
Linux / Linuxaffected 6.11; unaffected 0 before 6.11; unaffected 6.12.93 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.35 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.0.12 through 7.0.*; unaffected 7.1 through *

CWE

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