Bug 2567842 (CVE-2026-122192)

Summary: CVE-2026-122192 firecracker: firecracker: Unauthorized host memory access via failed memory remap
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A flaw was found in Firecracker. Improper handling of failed memory remapping can allow a privileged user inside a guest virtual machine to read or modify the host's Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) process memory. This vulnerability can be triggered through memory ballooning or discard operations on virtual machines restored from a file-backed snapshot if the host fails to establish a replacement memory mapping. Successful exploitation compromises the host process, potentially leading to unauthorized data disclosure or arbitrary code execution.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-11-05 22:30:31 UTC
Improper handling of a failed memory remap in Firecracker versions 0.23.0 through 1.16.1 might allow a guest user with root privileges to read or modify Firecracker VMM process memory via balloon or virtio-mem discard requests on microVMs restored from a snapshot with the File memory backend, if the host fails to create the replacement mapping.



To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to Firecracker 1.16.2 or 1.17.0 and later.