{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-72329", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-08-09T03:40:39.919Z", "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:55:39.931Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T12:29:05.019Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-10-30T12:29:05.019Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/liquidio: drop cached VF pci_dev LUT\n\nThe PF SR-IOV enable path caches VF pci_dev pointers in\ndpiring_to_vfpcidev_lut[] by iterating with pci_get_device(). Those\nentries do not own a reference, because the iterator drops the previous\ndevice reference on each step. The cached pointer is then dereferenced\nlater when handling OCTEON_VF_FLR_REQUEST.\n\nReplace the cached VF mapping with runtime lookup on the mailbox DPI\nring: derive the VF index from q_no, resolve the VF via exported PCI\nIOV helpers, validate it with the PF pointer and VF ID, then issue\npcie_flr() and drop the reference with pci_dev_put(). Remove the\nunused VF lookup table initialization and cleanup." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 9.3, "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The bug is in the Cavium LiquidIO CN23XX PF driver handling OCTEON_VF_FLR_REQUEST over the PCIe SR-IOV hardware mailbox, not via network packets; exploitation requires code running against an assigned VF (e.g., a cloud VM with SR-IOV passthrough).\nAC:L - VF pci_dev pointers in dpiring_to_vfpcidev_lut[] are stale immediately after SR-IOV enable because pci_get_device() drops references during iteration; an attacker controlling VF driver teardown can reliably send OCTEON_VF_FLR_REQUEST and repeat FLR attempts to influence heap reuse.\nPR:N - In the highest-impact deployment (multi-tenant cloud with VF passthrough), a tenant needs no host administrator privileges—only control of the assigned VF from within their VM—to trigger PF mailbox processing and pcie_flr() on the dangling pci_dev.\nUI:N - No victim interaction is required; triggering VF driver removal or module unload during octeon_destroy_resources() automatically sends the FLR mailbox request to the PF without any user action on the host.\nS:C - The vulnerable PF driver executes in the host kernel but is triggered from an isolated VF guest/tenant via the SR-IOV mailbox, crossing the VM/tenant security boundary into host kernel context.\nC:H - This is a use-after-free of struct pci_dev; pcie_flr() and pci_dev_reset_iommu_prepare() dereference freed pci_dev fields, enabling arbitrary kernel memory disclosure if the attacker reclaims the object via heap spraying.\nI:H - UAF of pci_dev causes pcie_flr() to issue PCI Express FLR config writes and IOMMU blocking on attacker-influenced memory, providing memory corruption primitives that can be leveraged for arbitrary kernel write or code execution.\nA:H - Dereferencing a stale pci_dev in pcie_flr() can oops or panic the host kernel, and issuing FLR/IOMMU operations against the wrong PCI function can disrupt host networking and device availability." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c", "drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.h", "drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_mailbox.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "ca6139ffc67ee6ef0459f81e37894ed411083855", "lessThan": "4ec87796fadf5a631ee6513c258c0e3d9ca62f79", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "ca6139ffc67ee6ef0459f81e37894ed411083855", "lessThan": "e3b20de8d7c06c8f1a0ded1e52be9d282609c3da", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "ca6139ffc67ee6ef0459f81e37894ed411083855", "lessThan": "1cf5c6a80adc31456f3e93b2922a2446fd63e2c4", "status": "affected", "versionType": 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