CVE-2026-64182: drivers/base/memory: fix memory block reference leak in poison accounting
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.11% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 03a2cc1756a0570f887d624cd6c535ea0cbd4951, 24840b3139d7415144b81e4f9f4c44670d15bed9, 686b4283f82cd630fafd7ca9b03dfc080b3ec8fa.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 03a2cc1756a0570f887d624cd6c535ea0cbd4951, 24840b3139d7415144b81e4f9f4c44670d15bed9, 686b4283f82cd630fafd7ca9b03dfc080b3ec8fa or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers/base/memory: fix memory block reference leak in poison accounting memblk_nr_poison_inc() and memblk_nr_poison_sub() look up a memory block via find_memory_block_by_id(), which acquires a reference to the memory block device. Both helpers use the returned memory block without dropping that reference, leaking the device reference on each successful lookup. Drop the reference after updating nr_hwpoison.
- Published
- Jul 19, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 1th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.142
- linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.92
- linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.18.34
- linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 7.0.11
- linux linux kernel7.1
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 6.2affected
- 5033091de814ab4b5623faed2755f3064e19e2d2 and later · before 686b4283f82cd630fafd7ca9b03dfc080b3ec8faaffected · git
- 5033091de814ab4b5623faed2755f3064e19e2d2 and later · before ce60d9452a0f2effa72fd20ea270c59ca691d455affected · git
- 5033091de814ab4b5623faed2755f3064e19e2d2 and later · before 24840b3139d7415144b81e4f9f4c44670d15bed9affected · git
- 5033091de814ab4b5623faed2755f3064e19e2d2 and later · before 8502e2c2d0633f99d94d22ae8dabc10caae1fc2aaffected · git
- 5033091de814ab4b5623faed2755f3064e19e2d2 and later · before 03a2cc1756a0570f887d624cd6c535ea0cbd4951affected · git
- before 6.2not affected · semver
- 6.6.142 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
- 6.12.92 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
- 6.18.34 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.94-1 | 6.12.94-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 7.0.12-1 | 7.0.12-1 |
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-64180Jul 19, 2026 · mm/memory_hotplug: fix memory block reference leak on remove22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-64181Jul 19, 2026 · mm: fix __vm_normal_page() to handle missing support for pmd_special()/pud_special()31Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-64183Jul 19, 2026 · efi: Allocate runtime workqueue before ACPI init22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 03a2cc1756a0570f887d624cd6c535ea0cbd4951 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 24840b3139d7415144b81e4f9f4c44670d15bed9 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 686b4283f82cd630fafd7ca9b03dfc080b3ec8fa | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 8502e2c2d0633f99d94d22ae8dabc10caae1fc2a | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ce60d9452a0f2effa72fd20ea270c59ca691d455 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.94-1 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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