Bug 2502578 (CVE-2026-64172) - CVE-2026-64172 kernel: KVM: SVM: Disable AVIC IPI virtualization on Hygon Family 18h (erratum #1235)
Summary: CVE-2026-64172 kernel: KVM: SVM: Disable AVIC IPI virtualization on Hygon Fam...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-64172
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-07-19 17:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-20 08:02 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-19 17:07:05 UTC
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.


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