Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64466

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Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64466

Published: July 27, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU139480
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64466
CWE-ID: CWE-772
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource management in the rust binder freeze listener handling when dropping the last reference to a node without clearing its freeze listener. A local user can drop the node reference while leaving a stale freeze listener registered to cause a denial of service.

The issue can leave the listener in both the freeze_listeners rbtree and the remote node's freeze listener list, potentially creating a refcount cycle that results in a memory leak.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-64466

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-31.31
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-31.31.1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1012.12
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1019.19
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2018.18
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-31.31~24.04.1
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1006.7
linux-aws-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18~24.04.1

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