# CVE-2026-89907: LoongArch: KVM: Validate MSI data before routing it to EIOINTC

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.57, 7.2.5
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 1928254c5ccb7bdffd7f0334e1ce250e9ce4de94, fixed in 506f03b5f869cbae50d31b50d80d4a5735d47f94; from 1928254c5ccb7bdffd7f0334e1ce250e9ce4de94, fixed in 83715a40a2d30d23719e0b25380ba82ff905195b; from 1928254c5ccb7bdffd7f0334e1ce250e9ce4de94, fixed in 501514d6ebd2111c353a1296f25dbe22fbd64657
- Linux: 6.13
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.57; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: KVM: Validate MSI data before routing it to EIOINTC pch_msi_set_irq() passes e->msi.data straight into eiointc_set_irq() as the irq number. The MSI data comes from userspace, that either via a KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI entry set with KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING (used by irqfd and KVM_IRQ_LINE) or directly via KVM_SIGNAL_MSI, and is never checked against EIOINTC_IRQS. eiointc_set_irq() uses the value with __set_bit()/__clear_bit() on the 256-bit isr bitmap, eiointc_update_irq() then indexes sw_coremap[] and the per-cpu coreisr/sw_coreisr bitmaps with it. Therefore a data value >= 256 reads and writes memory past the end of those arrays, i.e. any process holding a VM fd can corrupt kernel memory beyond the allocation of loongarch_eiointc. Reject MSI data that doesn't fit in the EIOINTC irq space. The DMSINTC path is unaffected as it decodes the vector from the address and masks it.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.18.57, 7.2.5) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/506f03b5f869cbae50d31b50d80d4a5735d47f94
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83715a40a2d30d23719e0b25380ba82ff905195b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/501514d6ebd2111c353a1296f25dbe22fbd64657

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