CVE-2026-64475

vfio/pci: Release the VGA arbiter client on register_device() failure

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2026 at 08:51 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Release the VGA arbiter client on register_device() failure The re-order in the Fixes commit below displaced vfio_pci_vga_init() as the last failure point of what is now vfio_pci_core_register_device() without introducing an unwind for the VGA arbiter registration. In current kernels this is mostly benign because vfio_pci_set_decode() only uses pci_dev state, but the original failure path could leave a callback with a freed vdev cookie. The stale registration also becomes unsafe again once the callback follows drvdata to the vfio device. Add the required VGA unwind callout.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4aeec3984ddc853f7c65903bde472ffdef738bae5.10.375.11.215.12.45.136694b8daffac5a8661071f085608afc78f7acd0887856f9af04eaacf9848710625a4ffee1d020fa9d62dccb417cf972c978bf3c68a7d5e846bcf953e
Vendor states this is fixed in 0f2a35a0c7ea7da347b814750eaa78adf3582381 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 278a5659c391fe5afe5f9ce1bad1fd24e90144f1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 42d758a09d2c46c42357ecde9a5492f015bde2e5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 52adb2dff7ce3d8430e2bdc5988b618a430def85 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8d65decde9afd2bd78bcfffdc0df73b82a0b5509 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9e0a3f642e607848669235f5069f35640abbfc88 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in daedde7f024ecf88bc8e832ed40cf2c795f0796a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ef4c38d30b3744e89eb5048218904bb629ea8d47 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.261 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 5.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.212 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.96 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.39 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusRECEIVED
CWE
CWE-416

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