Double free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64384

 

Double free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64384

Published: July 27, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU139588
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-2026-64384
CWE-ID: CWE-415
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 double free in SMB change notify handling in fs/smb/client/smb2pdu.c when processing replayable error conditions during change notify requests. A local user can trigger a replayable error and subsequent cleanup to free the same response buffer twice to cause a denial of service.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Micro
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_31-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel
kernel-syms
kernel-obs-build
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-source
kernel-default-base
kernel-64kb-optional
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-docs
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-docs-html
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-obs-qa
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-optional
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default-base-rebuild
ocfs2-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel
kernel-extra-modules
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-headers
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel (Red Hat package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-64384

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-147.147, 7.0.0-31.31~24.04.1, 7.0.0-31.31, 7.0.0-31.31.1, 7.0.0-1006.7, 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1012.12
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-147.147.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1071.79, 7.0.0-1011.11, 7.0.0-1014.14
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.79
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.70
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1067.68, 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1064.67
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1069.76
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1062.63
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-147.147+fips1
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1052.56
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1066.74
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.70+fips1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_31-debugsource - update to 1-150600.13.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.13.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default - update to 1-150600.13.3.4
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-devel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-kvmsmall - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1.21.35, 6.4.0-52.1.21.36, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1.150600.12.62.4, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-docs - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-extra - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1.150600.12.62.4
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
python3-perf - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-devel - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-source - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debugsource - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
bpftool - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.50.1.el10_2
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1035.38
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18~24.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1019.19
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2018.18

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