vfio/cdx: Fix NULL pointer dereference in interrupt trigger path
Add validation to ensure MSI is configured before accessing cdx_irqs
array in vfio_cdx_set_msi_trigger(). Without this check, userspace
can trigger a NULL pointer dereference by calling VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS
with VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_BOOL or VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_NONE flags before
ever setting up interrupts via VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_EVENTFD.
The vfio_cdx_msi_enable() function allocates the cdx_irqs array and
sets config_msi to 1 only when called through the EVENTFD path. The
trigger loop (for DATA_BOOL/DATA_NONE) assumed this had already been
done, but there was no enforcement of this call ordering.
This matches the protection used in the PCI VFIO driver where
vfio_pci_set_msi_trigger() checks irq_is() before the trigger loop.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/cdx: Fix NULL pointer dereference in interrupt trigger path Add validation to ensure MSI is configured before accessing cdx_irqs array in vfio_cdx_set_msi_trigger(). Without this check, userspace can trigger a NULL pointer dereference by calling VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS with VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_BOOL or VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_NONE flags before ever setting up interrupts via VFIO_IRQ_SET_DATA_EVENTFD. The vfio_cdx_msi_enable() function allocates the cdx_irqs array and sets config_msi to 1 only when called through the EVENTFD path. The trigger loop (for DATA_BOOL/DATA_NONE) assumed this had already been done, but there was no enforcement of this call ordering. This matches the protection used in the PCI VFIO driver where vfio_pci_set_msi_trigger() checks irq_is() before the trigger loop. | |
| Title | vfio/cdx: Fix NULL pointer dereference in interrupt trigger path | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-14T17:49:29.082Z
Reserved: 2026-05-13T15:03:33.093Z
Link: CVE-2026-46034
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Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-05-27T14:17:22.463
Modified: 2026-06-17T10:52:56.280
Link: CVE-2026-46034
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Updated: 2026-06-17T22:15:02Z