Double free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-63907

Vulnerability identifier: #VU138743

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-63907

CWE-ID: CWE-415

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to double free in the uio_pci_generic_sva driver when handling a failing probe path or driver removal. A local user can trigger device initialization failure or driver removal to cause a denial of service.

The issue affects memory allocated with devm_kzalloc() that is also freed automatically by device resource management.

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/e344865bfca4eb37ed8d7ac5917226e49fcec7ce
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f74c8696f14149d5e43cc28b015326a759c48f00

• Double free in Linux kernel uio driver
• 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