Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64104
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138536
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-2026-64104
CWE-ID: CWE-664
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 handling of pages left in an unknown encryption state in drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/sev-guest.c when handling extended report requests and memory encryption state transitions. A local user can trigger failures in set_memory_encrypted() or set_memory_decrypted() to cause a denial of service.
The issue affects pages that may remain in an unencrypted or otherwise unknown state and therefore cannot be safely returned for general reuse.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64104
Install security update from vendor's repository.