CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64244

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 vulnerability was found in the memory driver (drivers/base/memory) where mem->altmap is set before successful device registration. If xa_store() fails, device_unregister() triggers memory_block_release() with altmap set, causing a WARN_ON.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability could cause false warnings and potential system instability during memory management, especially with the virtio-mem driver.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that delays the assignment of mem->altmap until after successful device registration.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers/base/memory: set mem->altmap after successful device registration If __add_memory_block() fails at xa_store() (under memory pressure for example), device_unregister() is called, which eventually triggers memory_block_release() with mem->altmap still set, causing a WARN_ON(mem->altmap). This was triggered by modifying virtio-mem driver. Fix this by delaying the assignment of mem->altmap until after __add_memory_block() has succeeded.

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