CVE-2026-46036

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/cdx: Serialize VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS with a per-device mutex vfio_cdx_set_msi_trigger() reads vdev->config_msi and operates on the vdev->cdx_irqs array based on its value, but provides no serialization against concurrent VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctls. Two callers can race such that one observes config_msi as set while another clears it and frees cdx_irqs via vfio_cdx_msi_disable(), resulting in a use-after-free of the cdx_irqs array. Add a cdx_irqs_lock mutex to struct vfio_cdx_device and acquire it in vfio_cdx_set_msi_trigger(), which is the single chokepoint through which all updates to config_msi, cdx_irqs, and msi_count flow, covering both the ioctl path and the close-device cleanup path. This keeps the test of config_msi atomic with the subsequent enable, disable, or trigger operations. Drop the pre-call !cdx_irqs test from vfio_cdx_irqs_cleanup() as part of this change: the optimization it provided is redundant with the !config_msi early-return inside vfio_cdx_msi_disable(), and leaving the test in place would be an unsynchronized read of state the new lock is meant to protect.
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OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

16 Jun 2026, 15:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-416
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/670e8864b1a218d72f08db40d0103adf38fa1d9b - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/670e8864b1a218d72f08db40d0103adf38fa1d9b - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7530f34ec0ca1438d45a75dcb43183a1cc92eced - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7530f34ec0ca1438d45a75dcb43183a1cc92eced - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b436ade16cc81095d79b79f8efa3af0a4f5c5a2 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b436ade16cc81095d79b79f8efa3af0a4f5c5a2 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddf96e23c366c566283fce8377928851fa7f5e81 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddf96e23c366c566283fce8377928851fa7f5e81 - Patch

30 May 2026, 11:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8

27 May 2026, 14:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-27 14:17

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:52


NVD link : CVE-2026-46036

Mitre link : CVE-2026-46036

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-46036


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-416

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