In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
virtio_ring: Fix data race by tagging event_triggered as racy for KCSAN
syzbot reports a data-race when accessing the event_triggered, here is the simplified stack when the issue occurred:
================================================================== BUG: KCSAN: data-race in virtqueue_disable_cb / virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed
write to 0xffff8881025bc452 of 1 bytes by task 3288 on cpu 0: virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed+0x42/0x3c0 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2653 start_xmit+0x230/0x1310 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:3264 __netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5151 [inline] netdev_start_xmit include/linux/netdevice.h:5160 [inline] xmit_one net/core/dev.c:3800 [inline]
read to 0xffff8881025bc452 of 1 bytes by interrupt on cpu 1: virtqueue_disable_cb_split drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:880 [inline] virtqueue_disable_cb+0x92/0x180 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2566 skb_xmit_done+0x5f/0x140 drivers/net/virtio_net.c:777 vring_interrupt+0x161/0x190 drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c:2715 __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x95/0x490 kernel/irq/handle.c:158 handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:193 [inline]
value changed: 0x01 -> 0x00 ==================================================================
When the data race occurs, the function virtqueue_enable_cb_delayed() sets event_triggered to false, and virtqueue_disable_cb_split/packed() reads it as false due to the race condition. Since event_triggered is an unreliable hint used for optimization, this should only cause the driver temporarily suggest that the device not send an interrupt notification when the event index is used.
Fix this KCSAN reported data-race issue by explicitly tagging the access as data_racy.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.7
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
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| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade python-perf-debuginfoUpgrade python-perfUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-livepatch-5.15.185-126.190Upgrade perf-debuginfo | May 20, 2026 | May 20, 2026 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade perf6.12Upgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.12-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade kernel-develUpgrade perf6.12-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade python3-perf6.12Upgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-libbpf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-develUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.12Upgrade bpftoolUpgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.12.31-35.92Upgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.141-155.222 | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade linuxUpgrade linux-6.1 | Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade kernel-uek | Sep 10, 2025 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-fipsUpgrade linux-image-gkeopUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64k-5.15Upgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-azure-6.8Upgrade linux-image-raspi-nolpaeUpgrade linux-image-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-2037-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-virtual-6.8Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1084-ibmUpgrade linux-image-intelUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1044-ibmUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igx-5.15Upgrade linux-image-intel-iotgUpgrade linux-image-oem-20.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-6.14Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1054-xilinx-zynqmpUpgrade 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linux-image-5.15.0-1090-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1051-azureUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1013-awsUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1016-gcpUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1013-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-5.15Upgrade linux-image-oem-24.04aUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1094-azureUpgrade linux-image-oem-24.04cUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-azure-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-realtime-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-generic-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1094-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp-5.15Upgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-aws-fipsUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gcp-6.14Upgrade linux-image-gcp-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-aws-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-oracle-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fipsUpgrade linux-image-aws-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1032-nvidia-tegra-igx-rtUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1032-nvidia-tegra-igxUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-152-genericUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.1-1041-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-aws-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-gcp-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-lowlatency-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1012-azureUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-152-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1085-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igx-rtUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-gcp-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-azure-cvmUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1087-gkeUpgrade linux-image-oracle-5.15Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-ibm-classicUpgrade linux-image-gcp-5.15Upgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1086-kvmUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Upgrade linux-image-azure-fips-6.8Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1043-gke-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-100-fipsUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1012-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1083-intel-iot-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-virtual-hwe-22.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-5.15Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04dUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15Upgrade linux-image-ibm-6.8Upgrade linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1012-oemUpgrade linux-image-virtual-5.15Upgrade linux-image-realtime-5.15Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-gke-64k-6.8Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-tegra-igxUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-intel-iot-realtime-5.15Upgrade linux-image-oem-22.04bUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-virtual-6.14Upgrade linux-image-aws-64k-6.14Upgrade linux-image-6.14.0-1013-oracleUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-lts-22.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1023-xilinxUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1043-nvidia-tegraUpgrade linux-image-oem-22.04aUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1043-nvidia-tegra-rtUpgrade linux-image-fips-5.15Upgrade linux-image-aws-lts-24.04Upgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1047-raspiUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1090-gcpUpgrade linux-image-aws-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gke-6.8Upgrade linux-image-gkeop-6.8Upgrade linux-image-oem-20.04cUpgrade linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20.04Upgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-5.15.0-1083-ibmUpgrade linux-image-6.8.0-1046-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-6.14.0-32-generic-64k | Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 18, 2025 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 8, 2025 | Jun 18, 2025 |
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