Bug 2516397 (CVE-2026-72283) - CVE-2026-72283 kernel: KVM: x86: Nullify irqfd->producer if updating IRTE for bypass fails
Summary: CVE-2026-72283 kernel: KVM: x86: Nullify irqfd->producer if updating IRTE for...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72283
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:10 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 18:56 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:10:20 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KVM: x86: Nullify irqfd->producer if updating IRTE for bypass fails

Nullify irqfd->producer if updating the IRTE for bypass fails, as leaving a
dangling pointer will result in a use-after-free if the irqfd is reachable
through KVM's routing, but the producer is freed separately.  E.g. for VFIO
PCI, the producer is embedded in struct "vfio_pci_irq_ctx" and freed when
the vector is disabled, which can happen independent of routing updates.

[sean: drop PPC change, massage changelog]


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