Buffer Overflow Affecting virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows package, versions [,316)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-VIRTIOWINKVMGUESTDRIVERSWINDOWS-15871022
  • published1 Apr 2026
  • disclosed30 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-5164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade virtio-win/kvm-guest-drivers-windows to version 316 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the RhelDoUnMap function when handling unmap requests. An attacker can cause a buffer overrun and crash the system by supplying an excessive number of descriptors.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1