In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: SVM: Skip fastpath emulation on VM-Exit if next RIP isn't valid
Skip the WRMSR and HLT fastpaths in SVM's VM-Exit handler if the next RIP
isn't valid, e.g. because KVM is running with nrips=false. SVM must
decode and emulate to skip the instruction if the CPU doesn't provide the
next RIP, and getting the instruction bytes to decode requires reading
guest memory. Reading guest memory through the emulator can fault, i.e.
can sleep, which is disallowed since the fastpath handlers run with IRQs
disabled.
BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at ./include/linux/uaccess.h:106
in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 32611, name: qemu
preempt_count: 1, expected: 0
INFO: lockdep is turned off.
irq event stamp: 30580
hardirqs last enabled at (30579): [] vcpu_run+0x1787/0x1db0 [kvm]
hardirqs last disabled at (30580): [] __schedule+0x1e2/0xed0
softirqs last enabled at (30570): [] fpu_swap_kvm_fpstate+0x44/0x210
softirqs last disabled at (30568): [] fpu_swap_kvm_fpstate+0x44/0x210
CPU: 298 UID: 0 PID: 32611 Comm: qemu Tainted: G U 6.16.0-smp--e6c618b51cfe-sleep #782 NONE
Tainted: [U]=USER
Hardware name: Google Astoria-Turin/astoria, BIOS 0.20241223.2-0 01/17/2025
Call Trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x7d/0xb0
__might_resched+0x271/0x290
__might_fault+0x28/0x80
kvm_vcpu_read_guest_page+0x8d/0xc0 [kvm]
kvm_fetch_guest_virt+0x92/0xc0 [kvm]
__do_insn_fetch_bytes+0xf3/0x1e0 [kvm]
x86_decode_insn+0xd1/0x1010 [kvm]
x86_emulate_instruction+0x105/0x810 [kvm]
__svm_skip_emulated_instruction+0xc4/0x140 [kvm_amd]
handle_fastpath_invd+0xc4/0x1a0 [kvm]
vcpu_run+0x11a1/0x1db0 [kvm]
kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x5cc/0x730 [kvm]
kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x578/0x6a0 [kvm]
__se_sys_ioctl+0x6d/0xb0
do_syscall_64+0x8a/0x2c0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
RIP: 0033:0x7f479d57a94b
Note, this is essentially a reapply of commit 5c30e8101e8d ("KVM: SVM:
Skip WRMSR fastpath on VM-Exit if next RIP isn't valid"), but with
different justification (KVM now grabs SRCU when skipping the instruction
for other reasons).
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (7.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-03). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it