Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input Affecting rv package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-RV-18557509
  • published6 Aug 2026
  • disclosed19 Jul 2026

Introduced: 19 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-63938  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1285  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 rv.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rv package and not the rv package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

KVM: SEV: Check PSC request indices against the actual size of the buffer

When processing Page State Change (PSC) requests, validate the PSC buffer against the effective size of the scratch area, which could be less than the maximum size if the guest provided a pointer that isn't exactly at the start of the GHCB shared buffer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1