vhost_iotlb: bound map allocation in add_range
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost_iotlb: bound map allocation in add_range vhost_iotlb_add_range_ctx() only retires an old entry when the table has a non-zero limit, has exactly reached that limit and has VHOST_IOTLB_FLAG_RETIRE set. Non-retiring tables can keep allocating entries after reaching their configured limit. Existing vhost devices allocate their IOTLB with max_iotlb_entries from vhost.c, which defaults to 2048 and is tunable by module parameter. Use the caller-provided limit at the allocation point instead of adding a separate default in the common IOTLB helper, and reject non-positive values in vhost paths that can report an error. Other vhost IOTLB users should not create zero-limit tables when entries can be populated from userspace or guest-controlled requests. Add caller-side max_iotlb_entries parameters for mlx5 vDPA, VDUSE and vhost-vDPA. Reject non-positive VDUSE and vhost-vDPA values, and require at least two entries for vdpa_sim and mlx5 vDPA paths that install full-range mappings, since those mappings are split into two IOTLB entries. Handle full-range mappings in the common helper by checking that the IOTLB can hold both split entries before inserting the first half. This avoids returning an error after leaving a half mapping behind. When the table is full, keep the existing retire behavior for retiring tables and return -ENOSPC for non-retiring tables. Reuse the retired map node instead of freeing it and allocating a replacement, so a stream of IOTLB updates cannot keep forcing GFP_ATOMIC allocations after the table has reached its limit. If a zero-limit IOTLB still reaches the common helper, treat it as a configuration error and return -EINVAL. I found this bug myself, though the patch was written with AI assistance.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.1.9, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74713
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5mqx-jw5r-hp6c
- 2026-10-16 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@b57164cdddb46924ff9fa191b727ca097744de88 · CNA
- 2026-10-16 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@96da3e1439e7d689eea09fc9b6227fbab5b88ac3 +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@91d3f1fcb8f7109f18d46a7366bb8202ac4b4456 · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91d3f1fcb8f7109f18d46a7366bb8202ac4b4456
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96da3e1439e7d689eea09fc9b6227fbab5b88ac3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb70200e34772572ad08e99291b08afea6522111
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b57164cdddb46924ff9fa191b727ca097744de88
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae128dd19040ee06a4f8143c7ced4d18080d7a9a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed35ac7f3fe2b4396bdd29ac3a7f0ebc0829e94
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74713 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74713 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5mqx-jw5r-hp6c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74713 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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