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  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2026-98637",
  "modified": "2026-10-19T04:30:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-98637"
  ],
  "published": "2026-10-18T15:22:13Z",
  "summary": "KVM: arm64: Do not clear VM-wide SVE feature on vCPU init failure",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: arm64: Do not clear VM-wide SVE feature on vCPU init failure\n\npkvm_vcpu_init_sve() clears KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE in kvm->arch.vcpu_features\nwhen it fails, but vcpu_has_sve() tests KVM_ARCH_FLAG_GUEST_HAS_SVE,\nwhich is left set. Later vCPUs on that VM then skip the SVE setup and\nregister with a NULL sve_state, which the guest's first FP access hands\nto sve_load_state().\n\nReturn the error without touching vcpu_features.",
  "affected": [
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        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:13",
        "name": "linux"
      },
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        "1:6.18.50-1+rpt1"
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            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98637"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd46b41f412fb81c50bac1a0929ec31320f3a807"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0cd8ffae092cc1b9d7cfa9188ed5a88a374adcb"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1b3c788ad31837e348075e93dbba3f447492776"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-10-18T15:22:13Z"
  }
}