Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Moderate 2026-07-25T00:00:00 kernel: crypto: ccp - Do not initialize SNP for ioctl(SNP_COMMIT) 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CWE-908

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: ccp - Do not initialize SNP for ioctl(SNP_COMMIT) Sashiko notes: > if SEV initialization fails and KVM is actively running normal VMs, could a > userspace process trigger this code path via /dev/sev ioctls (e.g., > SEV_PDH_GEN) and zero out MSR_VM_HSAVE_PA globally? Would the next VMRUN > execution for an active VM trigger a general protection fault and crash the > host? The SNP_COMMIT command does not require the firmware to be in any particular state. Skip initializing it if it was previously uninitialized. The SEV-SNP firmware specification doc 56860 does not mention SNP_COMMIT in Table 5 as a command that is allowed in the UNINIT state, but it is in fact allowed and a future documentation update will reflect that.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `crypto: ccp` module. This vulnerability arises from improper initialization of Secure Nested Paging (SNP) when handling the `ioctl(SNP_COMMIT)` command. A local userspace process can exploit this by sending specific commands via `/dev/sev` ioctls. If Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) initialization fails and Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is actively running virtual machines, this flaw could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) by causing a host crash.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Fix deferred kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Fix deferred kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Fix deferred kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64309 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64309 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026072508-CVE-2026-64309-77b5@gregkh/T