# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-74713"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-22T15:33:09.028Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:46:13.990Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74713"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74713.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74713"
title: "vhost_iotlb: bound map allocation in add_range"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvhost_iotlb: bound map allocation in add_range\n\nvhost_iotlb_add_range_ctx() only retires an old entry when the table\nhas a non-zero limit, has exactly reached that limit and has\nVHOST_IOTLB_FLAG_RETIRE set. Non-retiring tables can keep allocating\nentries after reaching their configured limit.\n\nExisting vhost devices allocate their IOTLB with max_iotlb_entries from\nvhost.c, which defaults to 2048 and is tunable by module parameter. Use\nthe caller-provided limit at the allocation point instead of adding a\nseparate default in the common IOTLB helper, and reject non-positive\nvalues in vhost paths that can report an error.\n\nOther vhost IOTLB users should not create zero-limit tables when entries\ncan be populated from userspace or guest-controlled requests. Add\ncaller-side max_iotlb_entries parameters for mlx5 vDPA, VDUSE and\nvhost-vDPA. Reject non-positive VDUSE and vhost-vDPA values, and require\nat least two entries for vdpa_sim and mlx5 vDPA paths that install\nfull-range mappings, since those mappings are split into two IOTLB\nentries.\n\nHandle full-range mappings in the common helper by checking that the\nIOTLB can hold both split entries before inserting the first half. This\navoids returning an error after leaving a half mapping behind.\n\nWhen the table is full, keep the existing retire behavior for retiring\ntables and return -ENOSPC for non-retiring tables. Reuse the retired map\nnode instead of freeing it and allocating a replacement, so a stream of\nIOTLB updates cannot keep forcing GFP_ATOMIC allocations after the table\nhas reached its limit. If a zero-limit IOTLB still reaches the common\nhelper, treat it as a configuration error and return -EINVAL.\n\nI found this bug myself, though the patch was written with AI assistance."
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