In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: SVM: Disable AVIC IPI virtualization on Hygon Family 18h (erratum #1235)
Hygon Family 18h CPUs are derived from AMD Family 17h (Zen1) silicon and share the same erratum #1235: hardware may read a stale IsRunning=1 bit during ICR write emulation and silently fail to generate an AVIC_IPI_FAILURE_TARGET_NOT_RUNNING VM-Exit on the sending vCPU.
The absence of the VM-Exit causes KVM to miss the required wakeup of blocking target vCPUs, leading to hung vCPUs and unbounded delays in guest execution.
Extend the existing AMD Family 17h erratum #1235 workaround to also cover Hygon Family 18h. With IPI virtualization disabled, KVM never sets IsRunning=1 in the Physical ID table, so every non-self IPI generates a VM-Exit and is correctly emulated.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade microvm-kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.35-68.127Upgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 | Aug 10, 2026 | Jul 19, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1010-ibmUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2016-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2016-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1016-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-raspiUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-oracleUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1016-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1010-azureUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-awsUpgrade linux-image-raspi-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracle-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracleUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-raspi-realtime | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 |
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