CVE-2026-46034

MEDIUM

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

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (15)
linux/Kernel 6.10.0 - 6.12.86linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.27linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.4linux
Linux/Linux < 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.12.86 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.27 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 7.0.4 - 7.0.*
Linux/Linux 7.1
Linux/Linux 7.1-rc1
... and 5 more
Published May 27, 2026
Tracked Since May 27, 2026