Vulnerability Description
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.
CVSS Score
HIGH
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/commit/c6bef93d7909584bb
- https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/pull/1568
- https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/releases/tag/mm320
- https://github.com/virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows/security/advisories/GHSA
FAQ
What is CVE-2026-46655?
CVE-2026-46655 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). 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-c...
How severe is CVE-2026-46655?
CVE-2026-46655 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.8/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-46655?
Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Review vendor security bulletins for remediation guidance.