Buffer overflow in Virtio-Win Kvm-Guest-Drivers-Windows

CVE-2026-46655

virtio-win provides Windows paravirtualized drivers for QEMU and KVM. From mm210 until mm320, the Viosock driver permits a low-privilege local process to submit an IOCTL_SELECT request with attacker-controlled VIRTIO_VSOCK_SELECT.Fdss[*].fd_count values that overflow the 32-bit sum used by VIOSockSelect for bounds checking. The wrapped sum can pass the FD_SETSIZE check even though an individual descriptor count is much larger than the expected limit. VIOSockSelectCopyFds then iterates using the unchecked count and writes beyond the allocated pPkt->Fds array in the NonPagedPool kernel heap. Successful exploitation can corrupt kernel memory and enable privilege escalation in a Windows guest running the driver. This issue is fixed in mm320.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-46655?
CVE-2026-46655 is a high-severity vulnerability in Virtio-Win Kvm-Guest-Drivers-Windows, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-46655?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.