CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64072

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability in the NVMe driver causes a bio leak when integrity mapping fails. The issue arises because the local bio variable is always NULL instead of being retrieved directly from the request.

Risk Assessment

Memory leak may lead to gradual exhaustion of system resources, potentially resulting in denial of service (DoS) for applications using NVMe.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that resolves the bio leak in the NVMe driver.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: fix bio leak on mapping failure The local bio is always NULL, so we'd leak the bio if the integrity mapping failed. Just get it directly from the request.

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