CVE-2026-98156

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-25. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

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

drm/virtio: use the DMA API for resource backing on Xen

On a Xen PV domain page addresses bear no relation to the real machine addresses the host would have to use to reach it. virtio_ring.c handles this correctly, vring_use_map_api() returns true for any xen_domain() regardless of VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM.

virtio-gpu makes the same decision independently, but its copy looks only at the feature bit:

bool use_dma_api = !virtio_has_dma_quirk(vgdev->vdev);

QEMU does not set iommu_platform on virtio-vga by default, so VIRTIO_F_ACCESS_PLATFORM is not negotiated, use_dma_api is false, and virtio_gpu_object_shmem_init() describes the framebuffer's backing pages to the host with sg_phys(). Those are guest-physical addresses. In a PV domain they resolve, on the host side, to pages belonging to some other domain, so the host scans out unrelated memory.

Move the decision into virtio_gpu_use_dma_api() and give it the xen_domain() check, like vring_use_map_api() has. This additionally enables the dma_sync_sgtable_for_device() calls in virtgpu_vq.c, which are required for correctness whenever swiotlb is in play.

Reproduced with a Xen 4.21 PV dom0 nested inside QEMU 8.2 with virtio-vga, on both a distro 6.8 kernel and 6.18 LTS. A PVH dom0 works fine and doesn't need this fix because it is identity-mapped, only PV dom0s are affected.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
40
EG Risk 40/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
2nd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 25, 2026

Last Modified

September 30, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Sep 25, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

drm/virtio: use the DMA API for resource backing on Xen - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a736d2f9d0c6e6217fe7532bc4c50ceca71db78
generic

drm/virtio: use the DMA API for resource backing on Xen - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/455184dbe9652d01470d3c5cf5edd09a7a673a99
generic

drm/virtio: use the DMA API for resource backing on Xen - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93c557e947ef0040004b1ac6a1c1265d79a957e1

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-98156(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (358 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (181 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (179 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.7-1: fixed in 7.2.7-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 27× in last 7d / 45× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-05 06:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-04 18:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 05:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 17:24 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-03 17:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-10-03 04:57 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-03 04:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-10-02 16:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-02 04:02 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-02 04:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-10-01 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-10-01 03:00 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-01 03:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-30 14:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-30 07:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-29 19:13 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-29 19:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-29 06:42 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-29 06:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-28 18:15 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-28 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-28 05:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-27 17:21 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-27 17:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-27 04:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-26 16:22 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-26 16:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-26 03:54 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-26 03:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-25 15:23 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-25 15:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-25 14:51 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.80
  16. 2026-09-25 14:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-25 14:49 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  18. 2026-09-25 11:30 UTCNVD update
  19. 2026-09-25 10:48 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-25 10:46 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-98156?
CVE-2026-98156 is a high vulnerability published on September 25, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: use the DMA API for resource backing on Xen On a Xen PV domain page addresses bear no relation to the real machine addresses the host would have to use to reach it. virtioring.c handles this correctly, vringusemapapi()…
When was CVE-2026-98156 disclosed?
CVE-2026-98156 was first published on September 25, 2026, with the most recent update on September 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-98156 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-98156 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (2nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-98156?
CVE-2026-98156 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-98156?
No fix for CVE-2026-98156 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-98156 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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