CVE-2026-64555

CVE-2026-64555

High · published July 28, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: arm64: nv: Fix SPSR_EL2 restore in kvm_hyp_handle_mops()

kvm_hyp_handle_mops() resets the single-step state machine as part of

rewinding state for a MOPS exception by modifying vcpu_cpsr() and

writing the result directly into hardware.

In the case of nested virtualization, vcpu_cpsr() is a synthetic value

such that the rest of KVM can deal with vEL2 cleanly. That means the

value requires translation before being written into hardware, which is

unfortunately missing from the MOPS handler.

Fix it by directly modifying SPSR_EL2 and avoiding the synthetic state

altogether, which will be resynchronized on the next 'full' exit back

to KVM.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00129 · 2.3th percentile
Published
2026-07-28T01:17Z
References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 JUL 20:10Z
    KVM: arm64: nv: Fix SPSR_EL2 restore in kvm_hyp_handle_mops()
    cvelistv5