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CVE-2026-46034

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

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 848e447e000c41894ff931dc7c004fd42c8840f8 to < 51bf7638f33aece41cb3f4cbeb942cc52950e329affected
  • 848e447e000c41894ff931dc7c004fd42c8840f8 to < 5d6c349c9823eb819fed8b537b088cf38126018caffected
  • 848e447e000c41894ff931dc7c004fd42c8840f8 to < 338a736aaf15e8ba3635ce20b29af5b8fc15e66aaffected
  • 848e447e000c41894ff931dc7c004fd42c8840f8 to < 5ea5880764cbb164afb17a62e76ca75dc371409daffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.10affected
  • 0 to < 6.10unaffected
  • 6.12.86 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.27 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.4 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

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