A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's xen-netback component. A malicious or buggy Xen guest can exploit this by writing a zero value to the 'multi-queue-num-queues' xenbus key. This improper input validation can trigger a warning in the kernel's memory allocation, leading to a guest-to-host Denial of Service (DoS) on systems configured to panic on warnings.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45890 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45890 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026052717-CVE-2026-45890-a18a@gregkh/T