Double free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64118

CSH
CYBERSECURITY HELP
Sign In REGISTER
 
Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU138517

Double free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64118

Published: July 20, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU138517
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64118
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to double free in qed_cid_map_free() in the QLogic qed driver context management code when handling failed CID bitmap allocations. A local user can trigger the failing allocation path to cause a denial of service.

Exploitation requires device-specific setup to reach the affected allocation failure path.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Micro
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Ubuntu
openEuler
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_328-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-default-man
kernel-syms
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-obs-build
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb
ocfs2-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
dlm-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-docs
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-extra-modules
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-64118

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_328-default - update to 1-8.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-52.1.21.35, 6.4.0-52.1.21.36, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
bpftool - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-327.0.0.228, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-devel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-195.205~20.04.1, 5.15.0-195.205, 5.15.0-198.208~20.04.1, 5.15.0-198.208+fips1, 5.15.0-1080.84, 5.15.0-1100.108, 5.15.0-1109.111, 5.15.0-1109.114, 5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1111.115, 5.15.0-1112.118~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1112.118, 5.15.0-1113.119, 5.15.0-1114.120, 5.15.0-1116.125~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.124~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.124, 5.15.0-1117.124+fips1, 5.15.0-1122.131~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1123.132~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1123.132, 5.15.0-1123.132+fips1, 5.15.0.195.160, 5.15.0.195.205~20.04.1, 5.15.0.198.114, 5.15.0.198.171, 5.15.0.198.208~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1080.83~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1100.99, 5.15.0.1109.105, 5.15.0.1109.113, 5.15.0.1111.108, 5.15.0.1111.115~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1112.111, 5.15.0.1112.118~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1113.112, 5.15.0.1114.110, 5.15.0.1116.120, 5.15.0.1117.113, 5.15.0.1117.120, 5.15.0.1117.124~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1122.131~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1123.107, 5.15.0.1123.121, 5.15.0.1123.132~20.04.1, 6.8.0-139.139+fips1, 6.8.0-1049.53, 6.8.0-1062.65~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1062.65+fips1, 6.8.0-1062.65.1, 6.8.0-1062.70, 6.8.0-1064.68, 6.8.0-1067.75, 6.8.0-1067.75+fips1, 6.8.1-1059.60~22.04.1, 6.8.1-1059.60
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1112.113, 5.15.0.1112.112, 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1016.16
linux-oracle-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1114.120~20.04.1
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1118.128~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1118.128~20.04.1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1118.128, 5.15.0-1118.128+fips1, 5.15.0.1118.107, 5.15.0.1118.115
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-139.139.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-139.139.1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1035.38
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1036.37, 6.8.0-1064.65, 6.8.0-1067.75~22.04.1
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1061.64
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1064.67~22.04.1, 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1064.67+fips1
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.75~22.04.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1067.75, 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.75+fips1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-2053.55
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1008.8, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2016.16

External References

Related Security Bulletins