Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-63941

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - KVM: arm64: Correctly cap ZCREL2 provided by a guest hypervisor ZCREL2 can be updated by a VHE guest hypervisor either using ZCREL2 which traps or ZCREL1 which...

CVE-2026-63941

CVE-2026-63941 documents a Linux kernel KVM arm64 issue where ZCR_EL2 updates from a guest hypervisor could bypass proper masking, allowing L2 guests to observe VL values they shouldn’t. The fix moves the VL capping into restore points so the HW is always programmed with a capped value, regardles...

CVE-2026-63941 KVM: arm64: Correctly cap ZCR_EL2 provided by a guest hypervisor

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Correctly cap ZCREL2 provided by a guest hypervisor ZCREL2 can be updated by a VHE guest hypervisor either using ZCREL2 which traps or ZCREL1 which does not trap. KVM handles both in different way: - on ZCREL2 trap,...