Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64070
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138570
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-2026-64070
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 improper resource management in sysfs show() callbacks in arch/powerpc/perf/hv-gpci.c when handling repeated sysfs reads. A local user can repeatedly read the affected sysfs entries to cause a denial of service.
On CONFIG_PREEMPT=y kernels, repeated successful reads can leave preemption disabled and a subsequent user-mode page fault may be forced to SIGSEGV, with the resulting coredump triggering a kernel scheduling while atomic condition.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64070
Install security update from vendor's repository.