CVE-2026-31591 (GCVE-0-2026-31591)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-24 14:42 – Updated: 2026-06-14 17:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
KVM: SEV: Lock all vCPUs when synchronzing VMSAs for SNP launch finish
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: SEV: Lock all vCPUs when synchronzing VMSAs for SNP launch finish
Lock all vCPUs when synchronizing and encrypting VMSAs for SNP guests, as
allowing userspace to manipulate and/or run a vCPU while its state is being
synchronized would at best corrupt vCPU state, and at worst crash the host
kernel.
Opportunistically assert that vcpu->mutex is held when synchronizing its
VMSA (the SEV-ES path already locks vCPUs).
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
ad27ce155566f2b4400fa865859834592bd18777 , < 30fd9d8c82087742168db779929d8be0459b0716
(git)
Affected: ad27ce155566f2b4400fa865859834592bd18777 , < 4df77742e8b9a6b935bdf46f02fd0aca4d4ee7f5 (git) Affected: ad27ce155566f2b4400fa865859834592bd18777 , < c87938fc7d99a06a7e5477c45b4e5a4148f85d66 (git) Affected: ad27ce155566f2b4400fa865859834592bd18777 , < cb923ee6a80f4e604e6242a4702b59251e61a380 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.11 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.24 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.19.14 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.1 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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