Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64103
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in the isci completion tasklet in the ISCI driver when removing a device or unloading the driver while queued tasklet processing is still possible. A local user can trigger device removal or driver unload to cause a denial of service.
The stale callback may dereference ihost and access ihost->smu_registers after the host lifetime ends.
Affected software
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64103
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.184.155, 5.15.0-184.194, 5.15.0-184.194~20.04.1, 5.15.0.186.166, 5.15.0-186.196, 5.15.0-186.196~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1075.78, 5.15.0-1075.79, 5.15.0.1095.94, 5.15.0-1095.103, 5.15.0.1104.100, 5.15.0-1104.109, 5.15.0.1108.107, 5.15.0-1108.114, 5.15.0.1111.115, 5.15.0-1111.120+fips1, 5.15.0.1112.102, 5.15.0.1112.109, 5.15.0-1112.122, 5.15.0-1112.122+fips1
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.186.109, 5.15.0-186.196+fips1, 5.15.0.1106.103, 5.15.0-1106.110, 5.15.0.1107.107, 5.15.0-1107.108, 5.15.0.1112.108, 5.15.0.1112.115, 5.15.0-1112.119, 5.15.0-1112.119+fips1, 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1, 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1053.53, 5.15.0.1053.55, 5.15.0.1064.64, 5.15.0-1064.66
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1064.66~20.04.1
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1104.106, 5.15.0.1104.108, 5.15.0-1107.113~20.04.1
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1107.106, 5.15.0-1107.113
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1109.105, 5.15.0-1109.115, 5.15.0.1117.115, 5.15.0-1117.126, 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1109.115~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1112.122~20.04.1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1117.102, 5.15.0-1117.126+fips1
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1117.126
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1008.8, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2016.16
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1412995e10c74644b47f242aea6e4f3d4180e806
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/309c6058622d080fe8c2fab87c30da82d834d989
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d40f2f103bb30f52f3dbadbe2c3fdf274a9763c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a83d3e4daba40d49324cec1c51ed261e1ea48cf1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab2266601a875982f2d2033f41e070a6d5e615e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b52a8d52c3125ec9a93106ed816582368de34426
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ff8631006233ba246828ac70409d2cb2da38d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb9e72c50e6c81a5903f27e0b397ce8525d7539b
Related Security Bulletins
- Use-after-free in Linux kernel scsi isci driver
- Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15
- Ubuntu update for linux
- Ubuntu update for linux-ibm
- Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-tegra
- Ubuntu update for linux-aws
- Ubuntu update for linux-azure
- Ubuntu update for linux-azure-fde
- Ubuntu update for linux-azure
- Ubuntu update for linux-azure-5.15
- Ubuntu update for linux-aws
- Ubuntu update for linux-azure-fips
- Ubuntu update for linux-intel-iot-realtime
- Ubuntu update for linux-intel-iotg
- Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-bos
- Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia
- Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-5.15