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CVE-2026-74614: vsock/virtio: read virtqueues under worker locks

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-08-22 · updated 2026-10-16

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 products

• Linux kernel: from 5.15.138 before 5.15.216; 5.19 — fixed in 5.15.216, 7.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.15.216, 7.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cecb4202afdbeddcf29d59baf596ac6ab753f7f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29dd10583bf9d2744cd84b862e4257c0a5699570
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/941329ce14c5f481223a10d1d4c8b57ea7f3048a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1fb0c5b8a7c2753758aeced40971f99449dde0c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd43a7ec668be428265b3209eb43647aedcf720a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eae099c764c7ebdb842eb1f638913e310bdd6513
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebac8f6b1ef0e9278afe204b8692a7479988dace

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