# CVE-2026-63940: KVM: SEV: Ignore Port I/O requests of length '0'

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.95, 6.18.35, 7.0.12
- Published: 2026-07-19 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

The Linux kernel's KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) subsystem, specifically its AMD SEV (Secure Encrypted Virtualization) support, is affected. The flaw involves handling of zero-length port I/O requests, which could cause length calculations to underflow in the scratch area setup code, potentially leading to incorrect memory handling or kernel instability in affected virtual machines.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.11
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.11.0, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.95; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.35; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.0.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SEV: Ignore Port I/O requests of length '0' Explicitly ignore Port I/O requests of length '0' (or count '0'), so that setting up the software scratch area (and other code) doesn't have to worry about underflowing the length, and to allow for WARNing on trying to configure the scratch area with len==0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.95, 6.18.35, 7.0.12) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8aa0a79ab0b23cde4c46ccff78e63be35733e04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbd3a27e4f99fdcad82d12d79c04a95dff1ff70b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b6035bc6bff20e89752ce4358bc4c9a9d5883f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2254972d4d69e279ba4e87bf0968eb08ad0d3c92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c30cde934c7813b4e3069765dac64ce3d31e34f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3988bd2723de407ae90fa7a6f6029b4e60238c58

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