{"id":"AZL-77130","summary":"CVE-2026-23069 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.126.1-1","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvsock/virtio: fix potential underflow in virtio_transport_get_credit()\n\nThe credit calculation in virtio_transport_get_credit() uses unsigned\narithmetic:\n\n  ret = vvs-\u003epeer_buf_alloc - (vvs-\u003etx_cnt - vvs-\u003epeer_fwd_cnt);\n\nIf the peer shrinks its advertised buffer (peer_buf_alloc) while bytes\nare in flight, the subtraction can underflow and produce a large\npositive value, potentially allowing more data to be queued than the\npeer can handle.\n\nReuse virtio_transport_has_space() which already handles this case and\nadd a comment to make it clear why we are doing that.\n\n[Stefano: use virtio_transport_has_space() instead of duplicating the code]\n[Stefano: tweak the commit message]","modified":"2026-08-28T17:48:01.942248796Z","published":"2026-02-04T17:16:17Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-23069"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23069"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kernel","ecosystem":"Azure Linux:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.6.126.1-1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-77130.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}