Bug 2492282 (CVE-2026-52994) - CVE-2026-52994 kernel: vsock/virtio: fix MSG_ZEROCOPY pinned-pages accounting
Summary: CVE-2026-52994 kernel: vsock/virtio: fix MSG_ZEROCOPY pinned-pages accounting
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-52994
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-06-24 18:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-25 15:08 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-24 18:03:00 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vsock/virtio: fix MSG_ZEROCOPY pinned-pages accounting

virtio_transport_init_zcopy_skb() uses iter->count as the size argument
for msg_zerocopy_realloc(), which in turn passes it to
mm_account_pinned_pages() for RLIMIT_MEMLOCK accounting. However, this
function is called after virtio_transport_fill_skb() has already consumed
the iterator via __zerocopy_sg_from_iter(), so on the last skb, iter->count
will be 0, skipping the RLIMIT_MEMLOCK enforcement.

Pass pkt_len (the total bytes being sent) as an explicit parameter to
virtio_transport_init_zcopy_skb() instead of reading the already-consumed
iter->count.

This matches TCP and UDP, which both call msg_zerocopy_realloc() with
the original message size.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-06-25 15:03:53 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026062445-CVE-2026-52994-fe3c@gregkh/T


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