CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64182

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.11%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a memory block device reference leak was found in memblk_nr_poison_inc() and memblk_nr_poison_sub(). These functions look up a memory block via find_memory_block_by_id() but fail to drop the reference after updating the hwpoison counter.

Risk Assessment

This reference leak can gradually exhaust kernel memory, potentially leading to system instability or denial of service (DoS) in extreme cases.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that properly drops the reference in memblk_nr_poison_inc() and memblk_nr_poison_sub().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers/base/memory: fix memory block reference leak in poison accounting memblk_nr_poison_inc() and memblk_nr_poison_sub() look up a memory block via find_memory_block_by_id(), which acquires a reference to the memory block device. Both helpers use the returned memory block without dropping that reference, leaking the device reference on each successful lookup. Drop the reference after updating nr_hwpoison.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS