Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64148
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138488
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-2026-64148
CWE-ID: CWE-703
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 improper error handling in pdsc_devcmd_wait() when handling firmware crash or command timeout conditions. A local user can trigger the vulnerable code path to cause a denial of service.
The issue causes stale success status to be returned instead of propagating an error, which can prevent proper recovery handling.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64148
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e46b6635b03d29807f810c3b415c4755a3f958d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10ae3180095bbe2d378c5b1d6f2f2fd74dda3cc2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3231aff8ab26111c54e630b1a200fc43a729dd14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/560d559324169fe0583d54c475b5329550a86f71
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/784dd2bdc622ed3cc6ef8e113aa1852e252de36f