Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2026-64034
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mana: Fix TOCTOU double-fetch of hwc_msg_id from DMA buffer In mana_hwc_rx_event_handler(), resp->response.hwc_msg_id is read from DMA-coherent memory and bounds-checked, then mana_hwc_handle_resp() re-reads the same field from the same DMA buffer for test_bit() and pointer arithmetic. DMA-coherent memory is mapped uncacheable on x86 and is shared, unencrypted, in Confidential VMs (SEV-SNP/TDX), so each load goes directly to host-visible memory. A H/W can modify the value between the check and the use, bypassing the bounds validation. Fix this by reading hwc_msg_id exactly once using READ_ONCE() into a stack-local variable in mana_hwc_rx_event_handler(), and passing the validated value as a parameter to mana_hwc_handle_resp().
EPSS: 0.002 (4.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f, 5.13, 0
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-64034?
- CVE-2026-64034 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2026-07-19.
- How severe is CVE-2026-64034?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.