CVE-2026-64118
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: qed: fix double free in qed_cxt_tables_alloc() If one of the later PF or VF CID bitmap allocations fails, qed_cid_map_alloc() jumps to cid_map_fail and frees the previously allocated…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: qed: fix double free in qed_cxt_tables_alloc() If one of the later PF or VF CID bitmap allocations fails, qed_cid_map_alloc() jumps to cid_map_fail and frees the previously allocated CID bitmaps before returning an error. qed_cxt_tables_alloc() then calls qed_cxt_mngr_free(), which invokes qed_cid_map_free() again. Fix this by setting each CID bitmap pointer to NULL after bitmap_free() to avoid double free. The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in v7.1-rc3. Runtime reproduction was not attempted because exercising the failing allocation path requires device-specific setup.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.15% probability · 5th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06fa8e69019fd3c41a7b0ea8c5f509c3a33dc227Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e47fc1c9181ae029e0e35a865cbf2adcbae626cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bccfb8476ca5f3548afbd623dc7a6980d4e77dePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3904b993cc17ec5d7c5d3b57dbd0b775dafb9684Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cf5e4d2ca6b101d163c7423a426fb0aec34f7bbPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fe030719bd083b766602692ee96c8c985798e3cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a04c207f0801abdd23a169b5f902a9845059a65aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdf678a273cadbccc347f331ae2e93ff4d14834cPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.