CVE-2026-45890In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen-netback: reject zero-queue configuration from guest A malicious or buggy Xen guest can write "0" to the xenbus key "multi-queue…
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen-netback: reject zero-queue configuration from guest A malicious or buggy Xen guest can write "0" to the xenbus key "multi-queue-num-queues". The connect() function in the backend only validates the upper bound (requested_num_queues > xenvif_max_queues) but not zero, allowing requested_num_queues=0 to reach vzalloc(array_size(0, sizeof(struct xenvif_queue))), which triggers WARN_ON_ONCE(!size) in __vmalloc_node_range(). On systems with panic_on_warn=1, this allows a guest-to-host denial of service. The Xen network interface specification requires the queue count to be "greater than zero". Add a zero check to match the validation already present in xen-blkback, which has included this guard since its multi-queue support was added.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 3.16 before 5.10.252; from 5.11 before 5.15.202; from 5.16 before 6.1.165; from 6.2 before 6.6.128; from 6.7 before 6.12.75; from 6.13 before 6.18.14; from 6.19 before 6.19.4 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2993e0f904c45f8af12917344bb1cac7ccd05a60patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/654780dee9eae419e1648ea58462c4efe54518fapatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d1dc8014334c7fb25719999bca84d811e60a559patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/787bfa423228c4b02ba3368128f625d579085353patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b0fced1bbbfdb356a007592604008ffc93a6a1patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce66d6786de45b7ed9cbbdc0988054bf09e58f54patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d99f69ddc70fd9f4b8148add62209a1a8eb5c615patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec4859ac5c933e3315543a61adc1ca4358006a41patch
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