CVE-2026-98638
KVM: arm64: Validate the SVE vector length in pkvm_vcpu_init_sve()
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Validate the SVE vector length in pkvm_vcpu_init_sve() pkvm_vcpu_init_sve() clamps only the upper bound of the host-provided sve_max_vl, so an invalid vector length reaches sve_state_size_from_vl() and the WARN_ON() there, which is fatal at EL2. The existing !sve_state_size test rejects such a length, but only after the macro has run. Check sve_vl_valid() before deriving the state size. A valid length cannot yield a zero size, so the !sve_state_size test goes with it.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Oct 18, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
5db1bef933427aa467ad89c7b695a84a6b4afe16 < faf66e55e87498ab4bf88cdf9a629e61b3f2d3bc 5db1bef933427aa467ad89c7b695a84a6b4afe16 < bae3e4493046de4fefa15f809d9b8dc114e84a3d 5db1bef933427aa467ad89c7b695a84a6b4afe16 < 2a2eb10795a1e495aebc7f829ccecb72c05b4fd9
Linux / Linux
6.16