CVE-2026-64244

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers/base/memory: set mem->altmap after successful device registration If __add_memory_block() fails at xa_store() (under memory pressure for example), device_unregister() is called, which eventually triggers memory_block_release() with mem->altmap still set, causing a WARN_ON(mem->altmap). This was triggered by modifying virtio-mem driver. Fix this by delaying the assignment of mem->altmap until after __add_memory_block() has succeeded.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc3dd82a0ffd488bb902f4c69c3d28fd4088d973

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2b8d7827f48ee54a686cb80e4a1d0ff954ec42a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/802e113cf120df7208e4c7e604950a85e87120a8

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c25bf4e44a2b6a14332f952bba0974521f5b72d

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22dc0d042f02ce82aa61422ea5f232628bfd9e9c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/059ac6252a63edf1cea79bf30bd860a8c264b62c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-24

Updated: 2026-07-24

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00161