CVE-2026-74614

vsock/virtio: read virtqueues under worker locks

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: August 22, 2026 at 03:31 PM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 08:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: read virtqueues under worker locks Commit bd50c5dc182b ("vsock/virtio: add support for device suspend/resume") made the *_run flags transition from false to true when restore installs replacement virtqueues. The RX, TX and event workers read their virtqueue before locking and checking the corresponding flag, so a worker delayed across freeze and restore can observe the replacement queue's running state while retaining a pointer to the deleted queue. Read each virtqueue under its mutex after checking the run flag, keeping the pointer and state in the same queue generation.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.15.1385.19762c251c7f5c4ee5bef71460c6e822ed293fd69fbd50c5dc182b0a52599f87b429f9a5a9cbfc9b1c
Vendor states this is fixed in 1cecb4202afdbeddcf29d59baf596ac6ab753f7f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 29dd10583bf9d2744cd84b862e4257c0a5699570 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 941329ce14c5f481223a10d1d4c8b57ea7f3048a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a1fb0c5b8a7c2753758aeced40971f99449dde0c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bd43a7ec668be428265b3209eb43647aedcf720a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in eae099c764c7ebdb842eb1f638913e310bdd6513 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ebac8f6b1ef0e9278afe204b8692a7479988dace (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.216 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.104 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.45 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.152 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.4HIGHLinux
Vector?

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