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CVE-2026-74311— virtio: rtc: tear down old virtqueues before restore

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel 6.16版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于virtio RTC驱动在恢复设备时未先删除旧的virtqueue，可能导致空指针解引用，致使客户机内核崩溃。

CVSS 7.8 · High EPSS 0.17% · P6

Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 0623c759276885c3ae88197ba6fb5c9c6ba8612f< 79366023aa891ca31376021a7bccff6384ca1ff1 affected
0623c759276885c3ae88197ba6fb5c9c6ba8612f< aebebd1e9d70b650fc9e877082e0134edcf511da affected
0623c759276885c3ae88197ba6fb5c9c6ba8612f< 548d2208455f14e6121404c6e30e997bfe0cd264 affected
6.16 affected
< 6.16 unaffected
6.18.40≤ 6.18.* unaffected
7.1.5≤ 7.1.* unaffected
7.2≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-74311

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Vulnerability Title
virtio: rtc: tear down old virtqueues before restore
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio: rtc: tear down old virtqueues before restore virtio_device_restore() resets the device and restores the negotiated features before calling ->restore(). viortc_freeze() intentionally leaves the existing virtqueues in place so the alarm queue can still wake the system, but viortc_restore() immediately calls viortc_init_vqs() without first deleting those old queues. If virtqueue reinitialization fails on virtio-pci, the transport error path can run vp_del_vqs() against a newly allocated vp_dev->vqs array while vdev->vqs still contains the old virtqueues. vp_del_vqs() then looks up queue state through the new array and can dereference a NULL info pointer in vp_del_vq(), crashing the guest kernel during restore. This can also happen during a non-faulty reinitialization, when one of the vp_find_vqs_msix() attempts is unsuccessful before a later attempt would succeed. Delete the stale virtqueues before rebuilding them. If restore fails before virtio_device_ready(), reuse the remove path to stop the device. Once the device is ready, return errors directly instead of deleting the virtqueues again.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel 6.16版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于virtio RTC驱动在恢复设备时未先删除旧的virtqueue，可能导致空指针解引用，致使客户机内核崩溃。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 0623c759276885c3ae88197ba6fb5c9c6ba8612f ~ 79366023aa891ca31376021a7bccff6384ca1ff1 -
Linux Linux 6.16 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-74311 (2)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-08-15 · 844 CVEs total

CVE-2026-74309 10.0 CRITICAL vdpa/octeon_ep: fix IRQ-to-ring mapping in interrupt handler
CVE-2026-72407 10.0 CRITICAL geneve: validate inner network offset in geneve_gro_complete()
CVE-2026-72408 10.0 CRITICAL geneve: gate GRO hint in geneve_gro_complete() on gs->gro_hint
CVE-2026-74475 10.0 CRITICAL vxlan: use neigh_ha_snapshot() in route_shortcircuit()
CVE-2026-72421 10.0 CRITICAL ipv4: fib: Don't ignore error route in local/main tables.
CVE-2026-74280 10.0 CRITICAL crypto: marvell/octeontx - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index
CVE-2026-74279 10.0 CRITICAL crypto: cavium/cpt - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index
CVE-2026-72493 9.9 CRITICAL net: serialize netif_running() check in enqueue_to_backlog()
CVE-2026-74398 9.8 CRITICAL ipv6: addrconf: bail out of dad_failure when state is no longer POSTDAD
CVE-2026-72191 9.8 CRITICAL ntfs3: validate split-point offset in indx_insert_into_buffer
CVE-2026-74315 9.8 CRITICAL lockd: Avoid hashing uninitialized bytes in nlm4svc_lookup_file()
CVE-2026-72084 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: target: Bound PR-OUT TransportID parsing to the received buffer
CVE-2026-72083 9.8 CRITICAL scsi: target: core: Fix iSCSI ISID use-after-free in REGISTER AND MOVE
CVE-2026-74401 9.8 CRITICAL dlm: fix add msg handle in send_queue ordered
CVE-2026-72249 9.8 CRITICAL netfilter: flowtable: use dst in this direction when pushing IPIP header
CVE-2026-74493 9.8 CRITICAL net/smc: fix socket use-after-free during link group termination
CVE-2026-74345 9.8 CRITICAL RDMA/siw: Fix endpoint/socket association handling
CVE-2026-72251 9.8 CRITICAL netfilter: nf_nat_sip: reload possible stale data pointer
CVE-2026-72248 9.8 CRITICAL netfilter: flowtable: support IPIP tunnel with direct xmit
CVE-2026-74495 9.8 CRITICAL igbvf: Fix leak in TX DMA error cleanup

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