FKIE_CVE-2026-46034
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-27 14:17 - Updated: 2026-05-27 14:48
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
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"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvfio/cdx: Fix NULL pointer dereference in interrupt trigger path\n\nAdd validation to ensure MSI is configured before accessing cdx_irqs\narray in vfio_cdx_set_msi_trigger(). Without this check, userspace\ncan trigger a NULL pointer dereference by calling VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS\nwith VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_BOOL or VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_NONE flags before\never setting up interrupts via VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_EVENTFD.\n\nThe vfio_cdx_msi_enable() function allocates the cdx_irqs array and\nsets config_msi to 1 only when called through the EVENTFD path. The\ntrigger loop (for DATA_BOOL/DATA_NONE) assumed this had already been\ndone, but there was no enforcement of this call ordering.\n\nThis matches the protection used in the PCI VFIO driver where\nvfio_pci_set_msi_trigger() checks irq_is() before the trigger loop."
}
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"id": "CVE-2026-46034",
"lastModified": "2026-05-27T14:48:03.013",
"metrics": {},
"published": "2026-05-27T14:17:22.463",
"references": [
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/338a736aaf15e8ba3635ce20b29af5b8fc15e66a"
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"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}
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