GHSA-ww73-cj9w-h762HighCVSS 8.8
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Nullify irqfd-...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: x86: Nullify irqfd->producer if updating IRTE for bypass fails
Nullify irqfd->producer if updating the IRTE for bypass fails, as leaving a dangling pointer will result in a use-after-free if the irqfd is reachable through KVM's routing, but the producer is freed separately. E.g. for VFIO PCI, the producer is embedded in struct "vfio_pci_irq_ctx" and freed when the vector is disabled, which can happen independent of routing updates.
[sean: drop PPC change, massage changelog]
🔗 References (5)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72283
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1379888cc4230bac647ec24ab83306afbd03e88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5560b6569cd05ba72c6b33427fbabc6ec46b8cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed446e8aa894883c08892cfee69782fdf8f6c3ca
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ww73-cj9w-h762