CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64473

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

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

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

Summary

In the Linux kernel VFIO, debugfs is removed after devres release, leaving stale debugfs entries visible. The issue is in the order of vfio_device_del() and vfio_device_debugfs_exit().

Risk Assessment

A user could read stale diagnostic data from debugfs, potentially leaking device state information after unregistration.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that removes debugfs before vfio_device_del() to prevent access to freed memory.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio: Remove device debugfs before releasing devres VFIO device debugfs files created with debugfs_create_devm_seqfile() store a devres allocated debugfs_devm_entry as inode private data. vfio_unregister_group_dev() currently calls vfio_device_del() before vfio_device_debugfs_exit(), but device_del() releases devres. This can leave debugfs entries visible with stale inode private data while unregister waits for userspace references to drain. Remove the per-device debugfs tree before vfio_device_del(). The debugfs view is diagnostic only, so losing it at the start of unregister is preferable to preserving entries whose backing storage may already have been released. Complete the teardown by clearing the per-device debugfs root after removal. This matches the global debugfs root cleanup and prevents future users from mistaking a removed dentry for a live debugfs tree during the remainder of unregister.

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