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CVE-2026-90129— virtio_balloon: quiesce balloon work before device shutdown

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Affected
Linux Linux
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在 Linux 内核中，以下漏洞已得到解决： virtio_balloon：在设备关闭前将气球（balloon）工作项置于静默状态（quiesce） 提交 8bd2fa086a04（"virtio: 在 device_shutdown() 时中断并重置 virtio 设备”）添加了一个通用的 virtio 总线 .shutdown 处理程序，该处理程序会在 device_shutdown()（即系统重启和 kexec 场景）期间中断并重置所有 virtio 设备。 由于 virtio_balloon 没有提供自己的

AI Predicted 4.4 Difficulty: Hard EPSS 0.21% · P10

Affected Version Matrix 10

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 8bd2fa086a04886798b505f28db4002525895203< 6dd28e32f4d81a0d57c732b9900de24184e60a7d affected
8bd2fa086a04886798b505f28db4002525895203< bdef50a8226fc04899ef6815dd08a002247d47d5 affected
8bd2fa086a04886798b505f28db4002525895203< 7e17eef04600c399c7e0f5ce765da5cf9d40d8e1 affected
aee42f3d57bfa37b2716df4584edeecf63b9df4c affected
6.14.9< 6.15 affected
6.15 affected
< 6.15 unaffected
6.18.52≤ 6.18.* unaffected
… +2 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-90129

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Vulnerability Title
virtio_balloon: quiesce balloon work before device shutdown
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio_balloon: quiesce balloon work before device shutdown Commit 8bd2fa086a04 ("virtio: break and reset virtio devices on device_shutdown()") added a generic virtio bus .shutdown handler that breaks and resets every virtio device during device_shutdown(), i.e. on reboot and kexec. virtio_balloon provides no .shutdown of its own, so that generic path runs while the balloon's asynchronous work is still armed. Once the device has been broken, virtqueue_add_inbuf() in virtballoon_free_page_report() returns -EIO and trips its WARN_ON_ONCE(). On a kernel booted with panic_on_warn that turns an ordinary reboot, for example a kexec based upgrade, into a fatal panic in the middle of device_shutdown(), so the machine never reaches the new kernel. Relaxing that single WARN_ON_ONCE() would only hide the symptom: the inflate/deflate and OOM paths do not warn, they call wait_event(vb->acked, ...) and would instead block forever on a broken queue that can no longer complete. The device has to be quiesced, not just kept quiet. Add a .shutdown handler that quiesces the balloon via the shared virtballoon_quiesce() helper while the device is still alive, and only then breaks and resets it via virtio_device_shutdown(). Unlike virtballoon_remove() the balloon workqueue is not destroyed, as shutdown does not free the device and cancel_work_sync() together with stop_update already prevent any further work from being queued.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 8bd2fa086a04886798b505f28db4002525895203 ~ 6dd28e32f4d81a0d57c732b9900de24184e60a7d -
Linux Linux 6.15 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-90129 (2)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-09-17 · 600 CVEs total

CVE-2026-90235 9.8 CRITICAL sunrpc: xprtsock: annotate shared socket callbacks with READ_ONCE/WRITE_ONCE
CVE-2026-90104 9.8 CRITICAL NFSv4.1: zero referring call lists before decoding
CVE-2026-92489 9.8 CRITICAL xfrm: Fix skb double-free in xfrm_dev_direct_output()
CVE-2026-90173 9.8 CRITICAL smb: smbdirect: free completion queues with ib_free_cq()
CVE-2026-90151 9.8 CRITICAL NFSv4: remove callback IDR entry on client allocation failure
CVE-2026-90110 9.4 CRITICAL inetpeer: randomize RB-tree node comparison using SipHash
CVE-2026-90230 9.1 CRITICAL nvmet: fix heap out-of-bounds read in nvmet_auth_negotiate()
CVE-2026-90414 9.1 CRITICAL IB/isert: reject PDUs declaring more data than was received
CVE-2026-90413 9.1 CRITICAL IB/isert: reject login PDUs declaring more data than was received
CVE-2026-93189 8.8 HIGH HID: core: quiesce input in hid_hw_stop() to prevent use-after-free
CVE-2026-90256 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: L2CAP: use proto_lock for l2cap_data to fix l2cap_disconn_ind
CVE-2026-93042 8.8 HIGH dmaengine: dw-edma: Terminate all descriptors without callbacks
CVE-2026-90286 8.8 HIGH drm/amdgpu/gfx6: Use PFP on the compute queues too
CVE-2026-90255 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: hci_conn: fix the SCO setup context lifetime
CVE-2026-90425 8.8 HIGH iommu/tegra241-cmdqv: Require exactly one Stream ID for a vSID
CVE-2026-90329 8.8 HIGH HID: synchronize input before cleaning up a failed probe
CVE-2026-90162 8.8 HIGH ksmbd: defer publishing granted locks to prevent UAF/double-free race
CVE-2026-90240 8.8 HIGH iommu/vt-d: Flush context cache with correct SID when tearing down aliases
CVE-2026-90367 8.8 HIGH wifi: mt76: mt7996: hold dev->mt76.mutex while disabling tx worker in SER
CVE-2026-90371 8.8 HIGH wifi: mt76: fix RXDMAD_C buffer recycling race

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