xen: privcmd: Fix possible access to a freed kirqfd instance
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen: privcmd: Fix possible access to a freed kirqfd instance Nothing prevents simultaneous ioctl calls to privcmd_irqfd_assign() and privcmd_irqfd_deassign(). If that happens, it is possible that a kirqfd created and added to the irqfds_list by privcmd_irqfd_assign() may get removed by another thread executing privcmd_irqfd_deassign(), while the former is still using it after dropping the locks. This can lead to a situation where an already freed kirqfd instance may be accessed and cause kernel oops. Use SRCU locking to prevent the same, as is done for the KVM implementation for irqfds.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.10.10, 6.6.51
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-46762
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 8 Nov 2026, 01:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
xen: privcmd: Fix possible access to a freed kirqfd instance
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 18 Sept 2024, 07:12 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen: privcmd: Fix possible access to a freed kirqfd instance Nothing prevents simultaneous ioctl calls to privcmd_irqfd_assign() and privcmd_irqfd_deassign(). If that happens, it is possible that a kirqfd created and added to the irqfds_list by privcmd_irqfd_assign() may get removed by another thread executing privcmd_irqfd_deassign(), while the former is still using it after dropping the locks. This can lead to a situation where an already freed kirqfd instance may be accessed and cause kernel oops. Use SRCU locking to prevent the same, as is done for the KVM implementation for irqfds.
osv:CVE-2024-46762
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.51, 6.10.10
Complete source record
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