CVE-2022-48864 (GCVE-0-2022-48864)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-07-16 12:25
Modified
2026-08-05 08:52
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa/mlx5: add validation for VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ_VQ_PAIRS_SET command When control vq receives a VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_MQ_VQ_PAIRS_SET command request from the driver, presently there is no validation against the number of queue pairs to configure, or even if multiqueue had been negotiated or not is unverified. This may lead to kernel panic due to uninitialized resource for the queues were there any bogus request sent down by untrusted driver. Tie up the loose ends there.
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Linux Linux Version: 52893733f2c5886fc74be6c386d12b59a3f581df
Version: 52893733f2c5886fc74be6c386d12b59a3f581df
Version: 52893733f2c5886fc74be6c386d12b59a3f581df
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