Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2026-64172
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Disable AVIC IPI virtualization on Hygon Family 18h (erratum #1235) Hygon Family 18h CPUs are derived from AMD Family 17h (Zen1) silicon and share the same erratum #1235: hardware may read a stale IsRunning=1 bit during ICR write emulation and silently fail to generate an AVIC_IPI_FAILURE_TARGET_NOT_RUNNING VM-Exit on the sending vCPU. The absence of the VM-Exit causes KVM to miss the required wakeup of blocking target vCPUs, leading to hung vCPUs and unbounded delays in guest execution. Extend the existing AMD Family 17h erratum #1235 workaround to also cover Hygon Family 18h. With IPI virtualization disabled, KVM never sets IsRunning=1 in the Physical ID table, so every non-self IPI generates a VM-Exit and is correctly emulated.
EPSS: 0.001 (3.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 8de4a1c8164e5b2e40d1df764840a31de983f40b, 6.17, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 7.1
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-64172?
- CVE-2026-64172 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-07-19.
- How severe is CVE-2026-64172?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.