---
id: CVE-2026-74613
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  vsock/virtio: avoid refilling the RX queue after teardown

  Commit b917507e5ad9 ("vsock/virtio: stop workers during the .remove()")
  made the RX worker jump to its common…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  vsock/virtio: avoid refilling the RX queue after teardown

  Commit b917507e5ad9 ("vsock/virtio: stop workers during the .remove()")
  made the RX worker jump to its common…
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
published: '2026-08-22'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T13:10:00.187'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74613'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1aa21e7c8702a7c37cd7d3cace1a652cfa5e8171'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38c7763fdc533edb34dc8f4489c260e8ba2ccae9'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d37e3525cc346a1421c1bdeaad5848e249fc60c'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d80a04129a6c27a690cb69de3fe3f50be5aa8b9'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a309b74e3fc052352ab778500449cb9c3853c363'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a31e0ad444698d8aa7534a0f89fda543730f97a5'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7658508f5fe8f1077a65e8cb9535d3426f37a2f'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e82a5faea2e3886dfb2a65ce092a132e7e896915'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00126
epssPercentile: 0.02013
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T13:30:58.515Z'
---

## Overview

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

vsock/virtio: avoid refilling the RX queue after teardown

Commit b917507e5ad9 ("vsock/virtio: stop workers during the .remove()")
made the RX worker jump to its common exit when rx_run is clear.  That
exit still refills the RX queue when the buffer count is low, so work
queued across virtio_vsock_vqs_del() can add buffers after the virtqueues
have been deleted.

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in virtqueue_add_sgs
Read of size 4 by task kworker/0:1
Workqueue: virtio_vsock virtio_transport_rx_work
Call Trace:
 virtqueue_add_sgs (drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2796)
 virtio_vsock_rx_fill (net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:332)
 virtio_transport_rx_work (net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:701)
 process_one_work (kernel/workqueue.c:3314)
 worker_thread (kernel/workqueue.c:3478)
 kthread (kernel/kthread.c:436)
 ret_from_fork (arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158)
 ret_from_fork_asm (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245)
...
Freed by task 141:
 kfree (mm/slub.c:6566)
 vp_del_vq (drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c:259)
 vp_del_vqs (drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c:285)
 virtio_vsock_freeze (net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c:912)
 virtio_device_freeze (drivers/virtio/virtio.c:658)
 virtio_pci_freeze (drivers/virtio/virtio_pci_common.c:601)
 pci_pm_freeze (drivers/pci/pci-driver.c:1098)
 device_suspend (drivers/base/power/main.c:1968)
Kernel panic - not syncing: KASAN: panic_on_warn set ...

Jump to a no-refill exit when rx_run is clear, leaving the normal exit
to replenish a running queue.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.