{"id":"CVE-2026-98900","revision":"83c0cae9cf414e2993cbd099a028f12f","records":[{"revision":"83c0cae9cf414e2993cbd099a028f12f","observedAt":"2026-10-23T16:01:20.601+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-98900","aliases":[],"title":"xen/gntalloc: validate grant count before allocation","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxen/gntalloc: validate grant count before allocation\n\ngntalloc_ioctl_alloc() allocates the grant-id array before checking\nwhether the requested count fits within the global grant limit. Counts\nabove that limit cannot succeed, so reject them before the\nuser-controlled allocation reaches kcalloc().\n\nUse a subtraction-based check while holding gref_mutex so adding the\nrequested count cannot wrap. Also cast the count before advancing the\nper-file index so the page-size multiplication is performed in 64-bit\narithmetic.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-10-23T11:54:10.566+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-23T11:54:10.566+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/xen/gntalloc.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"e2806390aa1c4d5b3f7a68f10a56ae12c71c00d8\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n       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