CVE-2025-40160
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen/events: Return -EEXIST for bound VIRQs Change find_virq() to return -EEXIST when a VIRQ is bound to a different CPU than the one passed in. With that, remove the BUG_ON() from bind_virq_to_irq() to propogate the error upwards. Some VIRQs are per-cpu, but others are per-domain or global. Those must be bound to CPU0 and can then migrate elsewhere. The lookup for per-domain and global will probably fail when migrated off CPU 0, especially when the current CPU is tracked. This now returns -EEXIST instead of BUG_ON(). A second call to bind a per-domain or global VIRQ is not expected, but make it non-fatal to avoid trying to look up the irq, since we don't know which per_cpu(virq_to_irq) it will be in.
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"id": "CVE-2025-40160",
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"published": "2025-11-12T11:15:46.123",
"lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:18:14.127",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxen/events: Return -EEXIST for bound VIRQs\n\nChange find_virq() to return -EEXIST when a VIRQ is bound to a\ndifferent CPU than the one passed in. With that, remove the BUG_ON()\nfrom bind_virq_to_irq() to propogate the error upwards.\n\nSome VIRQs are per-cpu, but others are per-domain or global. Those must\nbe bound to CPU0 and can then migrate elsewhere. The lookup for\nper-domain and global will probably fail when migrated off CPU 0,\nespecially when the current CPU is tracked. This now returns -EEXIST\ninstead of BUG_ON().\n\nA second call to bind a per-domain or global VIRQ is not expected, but\nmake it non-fatal to avoid trying to look up the irq, since we don't\nknow which per_cpu(virq_to_irq) it will be in."
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"lang": "es",
"value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nxen/events: Devolver -EEXIST para VIRQs enlazados\n\nCambiar find_virq() para que devuelva -EEXIST cuando un VIRQ está enlazado a una CPU diferente a la pasada como argumento. Con esto, eliminar el BUG_ON() de bind_virq_to_irq() para propagar el error hacia arriba.\n\nAlgunos VIRQs son por-CPU, pero otros son por-dominio o globales. Esos deben ser enlazados a la CPU0 y luego pueden migrar a otro lugar. La búsqueda para los por-dominio y globales probablemente fallará cuando se migren fuera de la CPU 0, especialmente cuando se rastrea la CPU actual. Esto ahora devuelve -EEXIST en lugar de BUG_ON().\n\nNo se espera una segunda llamada para enlazar un VIRQ por-dominio o global, pero hacerla no-fatal para evitar intentar buscar la irq, ya que no sabemos en qué per_cpu(virq_to_irq) estará."
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