Medium severity · published May 28, 2026
CVE-2026-46214
vsock/virtio: fix accept queue count leak on transport mismatch
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: fix accept queue count leak on transport mismatch virtio_transport_recv_listen() calls sk_acceptq_added() before vsock_assign_transport(). If vsock_assign_transport() fails or selects a different transport, the error path returns without calling sk_acceptq_removed(), permanently incrementing sk_ack_backlog. After approximately backlog+1 such failures, sk_acceptq_is_full() returns true, causing the listener to reject all new connections. Fix by moving sk_acceptq_added() to after the transport validation, matching the pattern used by vmci_transport and hyperv_transport.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.5 before 5.10.258; 5.11 before 5.15.209; 5.16 before 6.1.175; 6.2 before 6.6.140; 6.7 before 6.12.90; 6.13 before 6.18.32; +1 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a before 2ea5d2c79edcc99c7dbe0bb7518f5e1ee2a2391f; c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a before fd51e810affa38d735d04261e673b2a5fe9c8665; c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a before f66c7904fb6f0e420a654bc90909e64a25d00896; c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a before 65c484726e74013a2ec7ba67a34d87760ae8f390; c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a before 29371f3cc83e2a92265b4768014a30b80234112f; c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a before e9edf9893cf26d060705c910a9b62d8cc96ed56a; +3 more · source: vendor