CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-98264

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's ALSA virtio driver, the virtsnd_remove() and virtsnd_freeze() functions delete the virtqueues before resetting the device. This allows the device to access freed vring memory. The fix resets the device before deleting the virtqueues to prevent access to freed memory.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential access to freed memory by the virtual device, which could lead to crashes or improper system behavior.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version with the fix that resets the device before deleting the virtqueues.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: virtio: reset device before deleting virtqueues virtsnd_remove() and virtsnd_freeze() delete the virtqueues before resetting the device. del_vqs() frees the vring backing, but does not provide a generic device quiesce operation. In particular, modern virtio-pci keeps enabled queues active until the device is reset. Reset the device before deleting the virtqueues so it can no longer access the vring memory when that memory is released. This also covers probe failures after DRIVER_OK, which unwind through virtsnd_remove().

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