Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64146
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138483
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64146
CWE-ID: CWE-772
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a resource leak in erofs_init_inode_xattrs() in the EROFS xattr handling code when parsing crafted filesystem metadata. A local user can trigger error paths that leak a folio reference to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs on certain error paths after a metabuf has been acquired during inode xattr initialization.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64146
Install security update from vendor's repository.