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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen-netback: reject zero-queue configuration from guest A malicious or buggy Xen guest can write "0" to the xenbus key "multi-queue-num-queues". The connect() function in the backend only validates the upper bound (requested_num_queues > xenvif_max_queues) but not zero, allowing requested_num_queues=0 to reach vzalloc(array_size(0, sizeof(struct xenvif_queue))), which triggers WARN_ON_ONCE(!size) in __vmalloc_node_range(). On systems with panic_on_warn=1, this allows a guest-to-host denial of service. The Xen network interface specification requires the queue count to be "greater than zero". Add a zero check to match the validation already present in xen-blkback, which has included this guard since its multi-queue support was added.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-13 | Published 2026-05-27 | Updated 2026-05-27 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

8d3d53b3e43363e79ab9a9ecc149b06c1314b25d (git) before 2993e0f904c45f8af12917344bb1cac7ccd05a60
affected

8d3d53b3e43363e79ab9a9ecc149b06c1314b25d (git) before 787bfa423228c4b02ba3368128f625d579085353
affected

8d3d53b3e43363e79ab9a9ecc149b06c1314b25d (git) before ce66d6786de45b7ed9cbbdc0988054bf09e58f54
affected

8d3d53b3e43363e79ab9a9ecc149b06c1314b25d (git) before 88b0fced1bbbfdb356a007592604008ffc93a6a1
affected

8d3d53b3e43363e79ab9a9ecc149b06c1314b25d (git) before ec4859ac5c933e3315543a61adc1ca4358006a41
affected

8d3d53b3e43363e79ab9a9ecc149b06c1314b25d (git) before 654780dee9eae419e1648ea58462c4efe54518fa
affected

8d3d53b3e43363e79ab9a9ecc149b06c1314b25d (git) before d99f69ddc70fd9f4b8148add62209a1a8eb5c615
affected

8d3d53b3e43363e79ab9a9ecc149b06c1314b25d (git) before 6d1dc8014334c7fb25719999bca84d811e60a559
affected

Default status
affected

3.16
affected

Any version before 3.16
unaffected

5.10.252 (semver)
unaffected

5.15.202 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.165 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.128 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.75 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.14 (semver)
unaffected

6.19.4 (semver)
unaffected

7.0 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/2993e0f904c45f8af12917344bb1cac7ccd05a60

git.kernel.org/...c/787bfa423228c4b02ba3368128f625d579085353

git.kernel.org/...c/ce66d6786de45b7ed9cbbdc0988054bf09e58f54

git.kernel.org/...c/88b0fced1bbbfdb356a007592604008ffc93a6a1

git.kernel.org/...c/ec4859ac5c933e3315543a61adc1ca4358006a41

git.kernel.org/...c/654780dee9eae419e1648ea58462c4efe54518fa

git.kernel.org/...c/d99f69ddc70fd9f4b8148add62209a1a8eb5c615

git.kernel.org/...c/6d1dc8014334c7fb25719999bca84d811e60a559

cve.org (CVE-2026-45890)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-45890)

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