Incorrect calculation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64235

 

Incorrect calculation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64235

Published: July 27, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU139771
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-2026-64235
CWE-ID: CWE-682
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 relocation of %rip-relative percpu references in dynamic ftrace trampolines in arch/x86/kernel/ftrace.c when registering a dynamic ftrace trampoline with call depth accounting enabled. A local user can register a crafted tracing configuration and trigger execution of a traced function to cause a denial of service.

Exploitation requires CONFIG_CALL_DEPTH_TRACKING on an x86 retbleed-affected platform with retbleed=stuff enabled.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-64235

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
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

External References

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