Description
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.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2993e0f904c45f8af12917344bb1cac7ccd05a60 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/654780dee9eae419e1648ea58462c4efe54518fa Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d1dc8014334c7fb25719999bca84d811e60a559 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/787bfa423228c4b02ba3368128f625d579085353 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b0fced1bbbfdb356a007592604008ffc93a6a1 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce66d6786de45b7ed9cbbdc0988054bf09e58f54 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d99f69ddc70fd9f4b8148add62209a1a8eb5c615 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec4859ac5c933e3315543a61adc1ca4358006a41 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 2 · as of 14 November 2026
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