CVE-2026-63939

CRITICAL
INFO Priority: 0.02 BB Relevance: 54/100
Published: 2026-07-19 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact Scope Change

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Changed
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SEV: Compute the correct max length of the in-GHCB scratch area When setting the length of the GHCB scratch area, and the area is in the GHCB shared buffer, set the effective length of the scratch area to the max possible size given the start of the guest-provided pointer, and the end of the shared buffer. The code was "fine" when first introduced, as KVM doesn't consult the length of the buffer when emulating MMIO, because the passed in @len always specifies the *max* size required. But for PSC requests, the incoming @len is just the minimum length (to process the header), and KVM needs to know the full size of the scratch area to avoid buffer overflows (spoiler alert). Opportunistically rename @len => @min_len to better reflect its role.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (6)

VendorProductVersion
linux linux_kernel 6.11 – 6.12.93
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel 7.1
linux linux_kernel 7.1

Bug Bounty Relevance

54 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

9.3 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.20%
Raw Score 0.002010
Percentile 10.0%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00201
2026-10-28
0.00201

Intelligence Sources

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