{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-74702","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-08-15T05:44:03.927Z","datePublished":"2026-08-22T15:33:02.223Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-25T05:41:45.057Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-25T05:41:45.057Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvhost-scsi: reject feature changes after endpoint\n\nvhost_scsi_setup_vq_cmds() runs from VHOST_SCSI_SET_ENDPOINT and allocates\neach command's protection scatterlist array (prot_sgl) according to the\nacknowledged VIRTIO_SCSI_F_T10_PI bit.  The command pools are not rebuilt\nwhen VHOST_SET_FEATURES changes that bit later.\n\nAlthough virtio feature bits must not change after feature negotiation,\nvhost_scsi_set_features() currently accepts such a request after the\nendpoint is active and updates acked_features.  Enabling T10-PI after\nendpoint setup therefore leaves prot_sgl NULL while the I/O path follows\nthe new feature bit.\n\nFor a 129-page protection payload, vhost_scsi_mapal() passes the missing\nfirst chunk to sg_alloc_table_chained():\n\n  sg_alloc_table_chained(table, 129, first_chunk=NULL,\n                         nents_first_chunk=inline_sg_cnt)\n\nsg_pool_index() then hits:\n\n  BUG_ON(nents > SG_CHUNK_SIZE);   /* 129 > 128 */\n\nThe kernel reported the following call trace and register state:\n\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   ? __sg_alloc_table+0x1d8/0x250\n   ? __pfx_vhost_run_work_list+0x10/0x10 [vhost]\n   sg_alloc_table_chained+0x59/0xf0\n   ? __pfx_sg_pool_alloc+0x10/0x10\n   ? vhost_scsi_calc_sgls.constprop.0+0x43/0x60 [vhost_scsi]\n   vhost_scsi_handle_vq+0xf02/0x1700 [vhost_scsi]\n   ? __pfx_vhost_scsi_handle_vq+0x10/0x10 [vhost_scsi]\n   vhost_scsi_handle_kick+0x37/0x50 [vhost_scsi]\n   vhost_run_work_list+0x8e/0xd0 [vhost]\n   vhost_task_fn+0xe1/0x210\n   ret_from_fork+0x348/0x540\n   </TASK>\n\n  RIP: 0010:0x4\n  CR2 = 0x4\n  RSP: 0018:ffffc90000dbf940 EFLAGS: 00010202\n  RAX: ffffffff82396810 RBX: ffff88811dc28b80 RCX: 0000000000000000\n  RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000820 RDI: 0000000000000081\n\nVHOST_F_LOG_ALL is a vhost-specific runtime feature and remains the only\nexception.\n\nReject changes to any feature other than VHOST_F_LOG_ALL while the\nendpoint is active.  This preserves the existing runtime log toggle while\npreventing feature-dependent command resources and data-path state from\nbecoming inconsistent.  Userspace must clear the endpoint before changing\nany other negotiated feature and set the endpoint up again afterward."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:L - vhost-scsi is only reachable through virtio-scsi virtqueue kicks and VHOST_* ioctls on /dev/vhost-scsi by the VMM or a VM guest; it is not exposed via any network protocol or remote packet path.\nAC:L - Once VIRTIO_SCSI_F_T10_PI is toggled after VHOST_SCSI_SET_ENDPOINT, a virtio-scsi request with protection data spanning 129+ pages deterministically drives vhost_scsi_mapal() into sg_alloc_table_chained() with NULL prot_sgl and triggers BUG_ON(nents > SG_CHUNK_SIZE); no races or victim-specific memory layout are required.\nPR:L - No host root or CAP_SYS_ADMIN is needed: an unprivileged cloud VM tenant can negotiate virtio-scsi T10-PI (QEMU propagates VHOST_SET_FEATURES) and submit the oversized PI I/O, and vhost ioctls have no capability gate for any process holding the vhost-scsi fd.\nUI:N - Exploitation requires only attacker-controlled virtio-scsi I/O and/or VMM feature updates during normal VM operation; no administrator or end-user action beyond routine VM use is needed.\nS:C - On KVM hosts using virtio-scsi with the vhost backend, a malicious guest reaches host-kernel vhost-scsi worker code and can panic the hypervisor, crossing the guest-to-host virtual machine security boundary.\nC:H - Enabling T10-PI after endpoint setup leaves prot_sgl NULL while the data path allocates and maps protection scatterlists from the shared sg pool; the reporter hit a fault at address 0x4, and smaller requests can complete with mismatched inline/pool metadata that corrupts kernel heap bookkeeping on free.\nI:H - Attacker-controlled protection iterators are mapped into kernel scatterlists passed to the LIO/TCM target stack under inconsistent feature state, yielding heap writes and unreliable sg_free_table_chained() teardown that can be leveraged for control-flow hijack beyond the immediate BUG_ON.\nA:H - The demonstrated path hits BUG_ON(nents > SG_CHUNK_SIZE) in sg_pool_index() from the vhost worker during vhost_scsi_handle_vq(), producing a host kernel oops/panic that terminates the hypervisor and all co-resident VMs."}]}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/vhost/scsi.c"],"versions":[{"version":"bf2d650391be508dd8b5e188b65ed32300cf3489","lessThan":"a06e4611d45518896fbff4f45d9581578b107e91","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"bf2d650391be508dd8b5e188b65ed32300cf3489","lessThan":"9a3eb77a612f9d158e4d27df43677a014e9cfa55","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"bf2d650391be508dd8b5e188b65ed32300cf3489","lessThan":"42bc45df5905e2b7dccb72adaf7730f66cfbe03f","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/vhost/scsi.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.15","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.15","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.45","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.9","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.45"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.9"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.15","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a06e4611d45518896fbff4f45d9581578b107e91"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a3eb77a612f9d158e4d27df43677a014e9cfa55"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42bc45df5905e2b7dccb72adaf7730f66cfbe03f"}],"title":"vhost-scsi: reject feature changes after endpoint","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}