CVE-2026-80896 PUBLISHED

mshv: Fix race in mshv_irqfd_deassign

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 26.08.2026 Published: 04.09.2026 Updated: 04.09.2026

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

mshv: Fix race in mshv_irqfd_deassign

mshv_irqfd_deactivate() and the hlist traversal of pt_irqfds_list require pt->pt_irqfds_lock to be held, but mshv_irqfd_deassign() omits it. This races with the EPOLLHUP path in mshv_irqfd_wakeup(), which does take the lock before calling mshv_irqfd_deactivate().

Additionally, mshv_irqfd_deactivate() uses hlist_del() which poisons the node pointers rather than resetting them. Since mshv_irqfd_is_active() relies on hlist_unhashed() (checks pprev == NULL), a poisoned node still appears active. If a concurrent path calls mshv_irqfd_deactivate() again on the same irqfd, the guard fails to prevent a double hlist_del() on poisoned pointers.

Fix both issues: - Add the missing spin_lock_irq/spin_unlock_irq around the list traversal in mshv_irqfd_deassign(), matching mshv_irqfd_release(). - Use hlist_del_init() instead of hlist_del() so the node is properly marked as unhashed after removal, making the is_active guard reliable.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 621191d709b14882270dfd8ea5d7d6cdfebe2c35 to 72a90ce4918b5a2d4820fe20677ba9af780d8826 (excl.)
  • affected from 621191d709b14882270dfd8ea5d7d6cdfebe2c35 to 4529a41a675b96e0f876eef1cc93a31a57cb4d18 (excl.)
  • affected from 621191d709b14882270dfd8ea5d7d6cdfebe2c35 to 0762262ac3e70f65b3bb843fe892f8bac1562d08 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.15 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.15 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.44 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.8 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

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