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"dateReserved": "2026-05-13T15:03:33.093Z",
"datePublished": "2026-05-27T12:56:46.381Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T12:29:15.525Z"
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvfio/cdx: Serialize VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS with a per-device mutex\n\nvfio_cdx_set_msi_trigger() reads vdev->config_msi and operates on the\nvdev->cdx_irqs array based on its value, but provides no serialization\nagainst concurrent VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS ioctls. Two callers can race\nsuch that one observes config_msi as set while another clears it and\nfrees cdx_irqs via vfio_cdx_msi_disable(), resulting in a use-after-free\nof the cdx_irqs array.\n\nAdd a cdx_irqs_lock mutex to struct vfio_cdx_device and acquire it in\nvfio_cdx_set_msi_trigger(), which is the single chokepoint through\nwhich all updates to config_msi, cdx_irqs, and msi_count flow, covering\nboth the ioctl path and the close-device cleanup path. This keeps the\ntest of config_msi atomic with the subsequent enable, disable, or\ntrigger operations.\n\nDrop the pre-call !cdx_irqs test from vfio_cdx_irqs_cleanup() as part\nof this change: the optimization it provided is redundant with the\n!config_msi early-return inside vfio_cdx_msi_disable(), and leaving the\ntest in place would be an unsynchronized read of state the new lock is\nmeant to protect."
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"value": "AV:L - The bug is reached only via ioctl(VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS) on a local /dev/vfio device file; there is no network or adjacent-network exposure.\nAC:L - This is an attacker-controlled race — the attacker issues concurrent enable/trigger and disable SET_IRQS ioctls from two threads on the same fd, controlling both sides, and the unserialized core dispatch lets them run in parallel and be hammered until won.\nPR:L - VFIO's threat model hands the device fd to unprivileged userspace (VM/passthrough processes), so an attacker only needs access to an already-bound vfio-cdx device fd, not init-namespace root; when uncertain, the higher-severity L is chosen.\nUI:N - Triggering the race requires only the attacker's own concurrent ioctls; no victim action is needed.\nS:U - The use-after-free corrupts the kernel's own cdx_irqs management array within the kernel security authority and does not cross an IOMMU/VM boundary.\nC:H - Use-after-free of a heap array whose freed contents are read back (including pointers) allows the attacker to reallocate the slab with controlled data and disclose kernel memory.\nI:H - The freed array's entries (a dereferenced/callable eventfd_ctx pointer and pointers passed to kfree/free_irq) enable heap-spray-based arbitrary write and control-flow hijacking.\nA:H - The use-after-free reliably causes kernel oops/panic when the freed cdx_irqs array is accessed."
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