diff --git a/recipes/core/linux/mere-x86_64.config.fragment b/recipes/core/linux/mere-x86_64.config.fragment
index 40151ea3..a1279686 100644
--- a/recipes/core/linux/mere-x86_64.config.fragment
+++ b/recipes/core/linux/mere-x86_64.config.fragment
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ CONFIG_PM_AUTOSLEEP=y
 # In 6.19, MICROCODE_INTEL/MICROCODE_AMD merged into MICROCODE.
 CONFIG_MICROCODE=y
 
+# --- KVM virtualization ---
+# Keep the hypervisor core built in and ship both vendor backends as modules.
+# This lets the same x86_64 kernel host KVM guests on Intel and AMD systems.
+CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION=y
+CONFIG_KVM=y
+CONFIG_KVM_INTEL=m
+CONFIG_KVM_AMD=m
+
 # --- Graphics ---
 CONFIG_DRM_I915=m
 CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU=m
diff --git a/recipes/core/linux/recipe.kdl b/recipes/core/linux/recipe.kdl
index ce87c83c..b4989c00 100644
--- a/recipes/core/linux/recipe.kdl
+++ b/recipes/core/linux/recipe.kdl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 recipe {
     name "linux"
-    version "6.18.42"
-    release 2
+    version "6.18.62"
+    release 1
     description "Linux kernel and modules"
     url "http://www.kernel.org"
     licenses "GPL2"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ recipe {
 }
 
 source "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-${recipe.version}.tar.xz" {
-    blake3 "a39abc6d59532b3f8a779f1130eb56077ae8ea3fc887c3585218e5d90c1c3cce"
+    blake3 "1292d1098eb0bdd33e7636260489533fa02ac8c8c3940a640a05d46eaddbced5"
 }
 
 source "mere-common.config.fragment" {