5.5

CVE-2026-46034

vfio/cdx: Fix NULL pointer dereference in interrupt trigger path

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

vfio/cdx: Fix NULL pointer dereference in interrupt trigger path

Add validation to ensure MSI is configured before accessing cdx_irqs
array in vfio_cdx_set_msi_trigger(). Without this check, userspace
can trigger a NULL pointer dereference by calling VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS
with VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_BOOL or VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_NONE flags before
ever setting up interrupts via VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_EVENTFD.

The vfio_cdx_msi_enable() function allocates the cdx_irqs array and
sets config_msi to 1 only when called through the EVENTFD path. The
trigger loop (for DATA_BOOL/DATA_NONE) assumed this had already been
done, but there was no enforcement of this call ordering.

This matches the protection used in the PCI VFIO driver where
vfio_pci_set_msi_trigger() checks irq_is() before the trigger loop.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.10 < 6.12.86
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.27
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 7.0.4
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.14% 0.034
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51bf7638f33aece41cb3f4cbeb942cc52950e329
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d6c349c9823eb819fed8b537b088cf38126018c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/338a736aaf15e8ba3635ce20b29af5b8fc15e66a
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ea5880764cbb164afb17a62e76ca75dc371409d
Patch