Kernel compromise via wrong admin-queue cleanup pointer
Published Nov 21, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Memory corruption in Linux 6.11 through 6.11.8 allows attackers controlling a virtio PCI device to compromise or crash the kernel. During reset or teardown with the admin-queue feature negotiated, cleanup indexes vp_dev->vqs[] with the device-selected queue index instead of using vp_dev->admin_vq.info, then dereferences the resulting pointer. Automatic driver binding requires no guest credentials; the out-of-bounds pointer can expose or corrupt kernel heap memory and can produce a kernel panic.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in Linux 6.11 through 6.11.8 allows attackers controlling a virtio PCI device to compromise or crash the kernel. During reset or teardown with the admin-queue feature negotiated, cleanup indexes vp_dev->vqs[] with the device-selected queue index instead of using vp_dev->admin_vq.info, then dereferences the resulting pointer. Automatic driver binding requires no guest credentials; the out-of-bounds pointer can expose or corrupt kernel heap memory and can produce a kernel panic.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-53092
- Published
- Nov 21, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 21, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4c3b54af907e709609d3d8beca92d65e2f0cfd83 <018d3d4ad4be7fbc95d8a2367642a32d21df55c7
- Affected versionversion=4c3b54af907e709609d3d8beca92d65e2f0cfd83 <97ee04feb682c906a1fa973ebe586fe91567d165
- Affected versionversion=6.11
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