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"cveId": "CVE-2026-43249",
"assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"state": "PUBLISHED",
"assignerShortName": "Linux",
"dateReserved": "2026-05-01T14:12:55.996Z",
"datePublished": "2026-05-06T11:28:40.290Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T12:25:17.710Z"
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\n9p/xen: protect xen_9pfs_front_free against concurrent calls\n\nThe xenwatch thread can race with other back-end change notifications\nand call xen_9pfs_front_free() twice, hitting the observed general\nprotection fault due to a double-free. Guard the teardown path so only\none caller can release the front-end state at a time, preventing the\ncrash.\n\nThis is a fix for the following double-free:\n\n[ 27.052347] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC NOPTI\n[ 27.052357] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 32 Comm: xenwatch Not tainted 6.18.0-02087-g51ab33fc0a8b-dirty #60 PREEMPT(none)\n[ 27.052363] RIP: e030:xen_9pfs_front_free+0x1d/0x150\n[ 27.052368] Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 41 55 41 54 55 48 89 fd 48 c7 c7 48 d0 92 85 53 e8 cb cb 05 00 48 8b 45 08 48 8b 55 00 <48> 3b 28 0f 85 f9 28 35 fe 48 3b 6a 08 0f 85 ef 28 35 fe 48 89 42\n[ 27.052377] RSP: e02b:ffffc9004016fdd0 EFLAGS: 00010246\n[ 27.052381] RAX: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b RBX: ffff88800d66e400 RCX: 0000000000000000\n[ 27.052385] RDX: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000\n[ 27.052389] RBP: ffff88800a887040 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\n[ 27.052393] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888009e46b68\n[ 27.052397] R13: 0000000000000200 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88800a887040\n[ 27.052404] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88808ca57000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[ 27.052408] CS: e030 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[ 27.052412] CR2: 00007f9714004360 CR3: 0000000004834000 CR4: 0000000000050660\n[ 27.052418] Call Trace:\n[ 27.052420] <TASK>\n[ 27.052422] xen_9pfs_front_changed+0x5d5/0x720\n[ 27.052426] ? xenbus_otherend_changed+0x72/0x140\n[ 27.052430] ? __pfx_xenwatch_thread+0x10/0x10\n[ 27.052434] xenwatch_thread+0x94/0x1c0\n[ 27.052438] ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10\n[ 27.052442] kthread+0xf8/0x240\n[ 27.052445] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[ 27.052449] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[ 27.052452] ret_from_fork+0x16b/0x1a0\n[ 27.052456] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[ 27.052459] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n[ 27.052463] </TASK>\n[ 27.052465] Modules linked in:\n[ 27.052471] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---"
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"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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"value": "AV:A - The vulnerable 9p Xen frontend is reached through Xenbus/backend state changes from a paired Xen backend or service domain on the same host/logical I/O fabric. It is not directly routable over IP, but it is reachable across an adjacent inter-domain channel.\nAC:L - A malicious backend can repeatedly queue the state transitions/removal paths that lead to concurrent or repeated xen_9pfs_front_free() calls. The trigger does not depend on conditions outside the attacker-controlled backend notification sequence.\nPR:N - No privileges in the vulnerable guest are required; the guest frontend accepts the triggering state changes from its configured backend via Xenstore. Control of the backend is the attack position rather than a credential inside the target Linux kernel.\nUI:N - No victim user action is needed after the Xen 9pfs frontend device is present and bound. Backend state changes are processed asynchronously by xenwatch.\nS:U - The corrupted objects and resulting crash/code-execution risk are within the same guest Linux kernel running the vulnerable frontend. The issue does not demonstrate a guest-to-host or hypervisor escape.\nC:H - This is kernel heap memory corruption via double-free of frontend state and associated ring resources. Such corruption can plausibly be shaped into use-after-free/freelist manipulation and arbitrary kernel memory disclosure, so the higher impact is warranted.\nI:H - The double-free can corrupt kernel allocator metadata or free a reallocated object, giving a plausible path to arbitrary write or control-flow compromise. Under the required uncertainty rule, this is scored as high integrity impact.\nA:H - The reported failure is a general protection fault in xenwatch from dereferencing poisoned freed memory. A malicious backend can crash the guest kernel, causing high availability impact."
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