Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2026-64475
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.
EPSS: 0.001 (3.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions d62dccb417cf972c978bf3c68a7d5e846bcf953e, 7.2, 5.12.4
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-64475?
- CVE-2026-64475 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-07-25.
- How severe is CVE-2026-64475?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.