Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64036

Vulnerability identifier: #VU138614

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64036

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds access in the css_rstat_updated() BPF kfunc when processing a caller-provided cpu argument. A local privileged user can pass an invalid cpu value to trigger an out-of-bounds access and cause a denial of service.

Exploitation requires a BPF iter/cgroup program with CAP_BPF and CAP_PERFMON.

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1008.8, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
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

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a01413a4e8fcb0263d7bef5075c5f8f4eb3a8b6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8817005efbdfdf5d4e4814cb5dc52b53d12917d7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd2bd9fa7700ddf28296486b2598cff2f80cc819

• Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel mm
• Ubuntu update for linux-ibm
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-bos
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia