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CVE-2026-93827 json

virtio-fs: avoid double-free on failed queue setup

published last mo. modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-86216

cvss
8.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.1%
EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

virtio-fs: avoid double-free on failed queue setup

virtio_fs_setup_vqs() allocates fs->vqs and fs->mq_map before calling virtio_find_vqs(). If virtio_find_vqs() fails, the error path frees both pointers and returns an error to virtio_fs_probe().

virtio_fs_probe() then drops the last kobject reference, and virtio_fs_ktype_release() frees fs->vqs and fs->mq_map again. This leaves dangling pointers in struct virtio_fs and can trigger a double-free during probe failure cleanup.

Set fs->vqs and fs->mq_map to NULL immediately after kfree() in the virtio_fs_setup_vqs() error path so that the later kobject release sees an uninitialized state and kfree(NULL) becomes harmless.

This can be reproduced when a broken virtio-fs device advertises more request queues than the transport actually provides. In that case virtio_find_vqs() fails while setting up the extra queue, and the probe path reaches the double-free cleanup sequence.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.2
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
  • linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
  • linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-93827

  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
  • linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
  • linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
  • linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
  • linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-93827

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-default SLES 16.0, SLE High Availability Extension 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2 +1 more 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.2 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-source SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1.160000.2.26
  • kernel-syms SLES 16.0, Linux Micro Extras 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-azure SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-obs-qa SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24197-1SUSE-SU-2026:24184-1SUSE-SU-2026:24235-1SUSE-SU-2026:24179-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.39.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1

  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8
  • rv AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8
  • perf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8
  • rtla AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8
  • libperf AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8
  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:93412ALSA-2026:93413

  • kernel Rocky Linux 10 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2
  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:93413RLSA-2026:93412

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-93827 updated cvss 6.5

kernel: virtio-fs: avoid double-free on failed queue setup

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel-modules-internal 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93413
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, rv 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, perf 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, perf 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, rtla 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, rtla 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, +20 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93412
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) rv 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, rv 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, perf 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, perf 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, rtla 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, rtla 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, +20 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93413
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, kernel-64k 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-64k 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, kernel-core 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-core 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, +60 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93412
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, kernel-64k 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-64k 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, kernel-core 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-core 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, +62 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93413
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, libperf 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93412
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) libperf 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, libperf 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hidden (v. 10) kernel-modules-internal 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93413
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, +34 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93412
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, +34 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93413
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.64.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-741.20.1.el9_9, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93412
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.72.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-264.14.1.el10_3, +15 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:93413
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

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