CVE-2026-23069
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
04/02/2026
Last modified:
06/02/2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
vsock/virtio: fix potential underflow in virtio_transport_get_credit()<br />
<br />
The credit calculation in virtio_transport_get_credit() uses unsigned<br />
arithmetic:<br />
<br />
ret = vvs->peer_buf_alloc - (vvs->tx_cnt - vvs->peer_fwd_cnt);<br />
<br />
If the peer shrinks its advertised buffer (peer_buf_alloc) while bytes<br />
are in flight, the subtraction can underflow and produce a large<br />
positive value, potentially allowing more data to be queued than the<br />
peer can handle.<br />
<br />
Reuse virtio_transport_has_space() which already handles this case and<br />
add a comment to make it clear why we are doing that.<br />
<br />
[Stefano: use virtio_transport_has_space() instead of duplicating the code]<br />
[Stefano: tweak the commit message]
Impact
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02f9af192b98d15883c70dd41ac76d1b0217c899
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ef3d52a1a9860d094395c7a3e593f3aa26ff012
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d05bc313788f0684b27f0f5b60c52a844669b542
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d96de882d6b99955604669d962ae14e94b66a551
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec0f1b3da8061be3173d1c39faaf9504f91942c3



