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CVE-2026-64473

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio: Remove device debugfs before releasing devres VFIO device debugfs files created with debugfs_create_devm_seqfile() store a devres allocated debugfs_devm_entry as inode private data. vfio_unregister_group_dev() currently calls vfio_device_del() before vfio_device_debugfs_exit(), but device_del() releases devres. This can leave debugfs entries visible with stale inode private data while unregister waits for userspace references to drain. Remove the per-device debugfs tree before vfio_device_del(). The debugfs view is diagnostic only, so losing it at the start of unregister is preferable to preserving entries whose backing storage may already have been released. Complete the teardown by clearing the per-device debugfs root after removal. This matches the global debugfs root cleanup and prevents future users from mistaking a removed dentry for a live debugfs tree during the remainder of unregister.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-64473
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-07-19 15:36 UTC
Published
2026-07-25 08:51 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-25 08:51 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux 2202844e4468c7539dba0c0b06577c93735af952 < 6cc60b41d61657dc469893d14e8e55d160056ff1, 2202844e4468c7539dba0c0b06577c93735af952 < a53109ffb6b5148e11a27fb7670355b92db12dd3, 2202844e4468c7539dba0c0b06577c93735af952 < a5df401dc84f091e20b045560569f0736758fea7, 2202844e4468c7539dba0c0b06577c93735af952 < dc7fe87de492ea7f33a72b78d26650b75bf37f4f
Linux Linux 6.8, 0 < 6.8, 6.12.96 ≤ 6.12.*, 6.18.39 ≤ 6.18.* …
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