CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64118

HighCVSS 8.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a double-free vulnerability was found in the qed driver's qed_cxt_tables_alloc() function. When a CID bitmap allocation for PF or VF fails, qed_cid_map_alloc() frees previously allocated bitmaps, and then qed_cxt_tables_alloc() calls qed_cxt_mngr_free(), which frees them again. The fix sets bitmap pointers to NULL after freeing to prevent double free.

Risk Assessment

A double-free memory bug can corrupt kernel structures, potentially allowing an attacker to cause a system panic or, in extreme cases, escalate privileges.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit addressing the bug). If updating is not possible, avoid using the qed driver in production environments.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: qed: fix double free in qed_cxt_tables_alloc() If one of the later PF or VF CID bitmap allocations fails, qed_cid_map_alloc() jumps to cid_map_fail and frees the previously allocated CID bitmaps before returning an error. qed_cxt_tables_alloc() then calls qed_cxt_mngr_free(), which invokes qed_cid_map_free() again. Fix this by setting each CID bitmap pointer to NULL after bitmap_free() to avoid double free. The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in v7.1-rc3. Runtime reproduction was not attempted because exercising the failing allocation path requires device-specific setup.

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