vhost_iotlb: bound map allocation in add_range
CVE-2026-74713 · published 22 Aug 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.1 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: 0bbe30668d89ec8a309f28ced6d092c90fb23e8c to < 96da3e1439e7d689eea09fc9b6227fbab5b88ac3, 0bbe30668d89ec8a309f28ced6d092c90fb23e8c to < eb70200e34772572ad08e99291b08afea6522111, 0bbe30668d89ec8a309f28ced6d092c90fb23e8c to < b57164cdddb46924ff9fa191b727ca097744de88, 0bbe30668d89ec8a309f28ced6d092c90fb23e8c to < ae128dd19040ee06a4f8143c7ced4d18080d7a9a
- Linux Linux: 5.7
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How to fix
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The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vhost_iotlb: bound map allocation in add_range
vhost_iotlb_add_range_ctx() only retires an old entry when the table
has a non-zero limit, has exactly reached that limit and has
VHOST_IOTLB_FLAG_RETIRE set. Non-retiring tables can keep allocating
entries after reaching their configured limit.
Existing vhost devices allocate their IOTLB with max_iotlb_entries from
vhost.c, which defaults to 2048 and is tunable by module parameter. Use
the caller-provided limit at the allocation point instead of adding a
separate default in the common IOTLB helper, and reject non-positive
values in vhost paths that can report an error.
Other vhost IOTLB users should not create zero-limit tables when entries
can be populated from userspace or guest-controlled requests. Add
caller-side max_iotlb_entries parameters for mlx5 vDPA, VDUSE and
vhost-vDPA. Reject non-positive VDUSE and vhost-vDPA values, and require
at least two entries for vdpa_sim and mlx5 vDPA paths that install
full-range mappings, since those mappings are split into two IOTLB
entries.
Handle full-range mappings in the common helper by checking that the
IOTLB can hold both split entries before inserting the first half. This
avoids returning an error after leaving a half mapping behind.
When the table is full, keep the existing retire behavior for retiring
tables and return -ENOSPC for non-retiring tables. Reuse the retired map
node instead of freeing it and allocating a replacement, so a stream of
IOTLB updates cannot keep forcing GFP_ATOMIC allocations after the table
has reached its limit. If a zero-limit IOTLB still reaches the common
helper, treat it as a configuration error and return -EINVAL.
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/96da3e1439e7d689eea09fc9b6227fbab5b88ac3
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb70200e34772572ad08e99291b08afea6522111
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b57164cdddb46924ff9fa191b727ca097744de88
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae128dd19040ee06a4f8143c7ced4d18080d7a9a
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ed35ac7f3fe2b4396bdd29ac3a7f0ebc0829e94
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