CVE-2026-6426

Public on 2026-08-10
Modified on 2026-08-11
Description
QEMU's vhost inflight migration VMState handling uses a uint64_t field for the destination buffer size, while the VMS_VBUFFER load path reads the field as a signed int32_t. On little-endian hosts, a crafted incoming migration state with bit 31 set can cause the negative value to be converted to a very large size_t. QEMU may then copy migration-stream data beyond the mmap-backed destination inflight region, causing a destination QEMU process crash or memory corruption. Exploitation requires control of the migration producer or write access to the migration channel and a configuration using vhost inflight migration.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.4
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core qemu Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 qemu Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core qemu-kvm Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H