CVE-2026-74580

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vhost: reset the vring metadata cache on vring reconfiguration

vq->meta_iotlb[] caches the vhost_iotlb_map that backs each vring

metadata region, and iotlb_access_ok() returns early on a cache hit,

taking the hit as proof that the region has already been validated:

if (vhost_vq_meta_fetch(vq, addr, len, type))

return true;

The cache is reset on VHOST_IOTLB_UPDATE and VHOST_IOTLB_INVALIDATE, on

device IOTLB (re)initialisation and on vq reset, but not when

VHOST_SET_VRING_ADDR replaces vq->desc, vq->avail and vq->used, nor when

VHOST_SET_VRING_NUM changes the region sizes.

With a device IOTLB attached both ioctls are accepted while the vq is

live, and neither validates the addresses at ioctl time: vq_access_ok()

and vq_log_used_access_ok() return true early because the addresses are

GIOVAs, deferring validation to prefetch time. Once the cache has been

populated that deferred validation no longer runs -- vq_meta

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References