{"cve":"CVE-2026-43249","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-06T12:16:45.493","modified":"2026-10-21T13:18:53.020","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\n9p/xen: protect xen_9pfs_front_free against concurrent calls\n\nThe xenwatch thread can race with other back-end change notifications\nand call xen_9pfs_front_free() twice, hitting the observed general\nprotection fault due to a double-free. Guard the teardown path so only\none caller can release the front-end state at a time, preventing the\ncrash.\n\nThis is a fix for the following double-free:\n\n[   27.052347] Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0x6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC NOPTI\n[   27.052357] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 32 Comm: xenwatch Not tainted 6.18.0-02087-g51ab33fc0a8b-dirty #60 PREEMPT(none)\n[   27.052363] RIP: e030:xen_9pfs_front_free+0x1d/0x150\n[   27.052368] Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 41 55 41 54 55 48 89 fd 48 c7 c7 48 d0 92 85 53 e8 cb cb 05 00 48 8b 45 08 48 8b 55 00 <48> 3b 28 0f 85 f9 28 35 fe 48 3b 6a 08 0f 85 ef 28 35 fe 48 89 42\n[   27.052377] RSP: e02b:ffffc9004016fdd0 EFLAGS: 00010246\n[   27.052381] RAX: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b RBX: ffff88800d66e400 RCX: 0000000000000000\n[   27.052385] RDX: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6b6b RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000\n[   27.052389] RBP: ffff88800a887040 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\n[   27.052393] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888009e46b68\n[   27.052397] R13: 0000000000000200 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88800a887040\n[   27.052404] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88808ca57000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[   27.052408] CS:  e030 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[   27.052412] CR2: 00007f9714004360 CR3: 0000000004834000 CR4: 0000000000050660\n[   27.052418] Call Trace:\n[   27.052420]  <TASK>\n[   27.052422]  xen_9pfs_front_changed+0x5d5/0x720\n[   27.052426]  ? xenbus_otherend_changed+0x72/0x140\n[   27.052430]  ? __pfx_xenwatch_thread+0x10/0x10\n[   27.052434]  xenwatch_thread+0x94/0x1c0\n[   27.052438]  ? __pfx_autoremove_wake_function+0x10/0x10\n[   27.052442]  kthread+0xf8/0x240\n[   27.052445]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[   27.052449]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[   27.052452]  ret_from_fork+0x16b/0x1a0\n[   27.052456]  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n[   27.052459]  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n[   27.052463]  </TASK>\n[   27.052465] Modules linked in:\n[   27.052471] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":8.8},"cwes":["CWE-415"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/480aa6ffd4ac7036eea042047d0cca71bc2074bb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59e7707492576bdbfa8c1dbe7d90791df31e4773","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5d00dff97118a32fcf5fec7a4c3f864c4620c4e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf841d43f7a33d75675ba7f4e214ac1c67913065","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce8ded2e61f47747e31eeefb44dc24a2160a7e32"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-43249","score":0.00313,"percentile":0.24025,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}