CVE-2026-63939

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63939
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-63939.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-63939
Downstream
Published
2026-07-19T14:55:35.743Z
Modified
2026-07-21T03:46:59.789691130Z
Severity
  • 9.3 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
KVM: SEV: Compute the correct max length of the in-GHCB scratch area
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/63xxx/CVE-2026-63939.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
9b54e248d2644be71cb394eb85f31ad99e023a05
Fixed
6ca9400d36005ffdca25f80186bea781c7e1dc4c
Fixed
9f0a9e780f02c02d025a190f1885e1d1d73b87bd
Fixed
6644565527c4c5f507088b1c9ddf72de47790b68
Fixed
5867d7e202e09f037cefe77f7af4413c7c0fa088

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-63939.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.11.0
Fixed
6.12.93
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.35
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.0.12

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-63939.json"