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CVE-2026-98264

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: virtio: reset device before deleting virtqueues virtsnd_remove() and virtsnd_freeze() delete the virtqueues before resetting the device. del_vqs() frees the vring backing, but does not provide a generic device quiesce operation. In particular, modern virtio-pci keeps enabled queues active until the device is reset. Reset the device before deleting the virtqueues so it can no longer access the vring memory when that memory is released. This also covers probe failures after DRIVER_OK, which unwind through virtsnd_remove().

Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-10-06 09:18:15.650000
Last modified
2026-10-30 13:21:12.603000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-10-06T09:18:15.650",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:21:12.603",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nALSA: virtio: reset device before deleting virtqueues\n\nvirtsnd_remove() and virtsnd_freeze() delete the virtqueues before\nresetting the device. del_vqs() frees the vring backing, but does not\nprovide a generic device quiesce operation. In particular, modern\nvirtio-pci keeps enabled queues active until the device is reset.\n\nReset the device before deleting the virtqueues so it can no longer\naccess the vring memory when that memory is released. This also covers\nprobe failures after DRIVER_OK, which unwind through virtsnd_remove()."
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