CVE-2026-64370

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: posix-cpu-timers: Fix pid refcount leak in do_cpu_nanosleep() error path In do_cpu_nanosleep(), posix_cpu_timer_create() takes a pid reference via get_pid() and stores it in timer.it.cpu.pid. If the subsequent posix_cpu_timer_set() call fails, the function returns immediately without calling posix_cpu_timer_del() to release the pid reference, causing a leak. Fix it by calling posix_cpu_timer_del() before the unlock-and-return on the error path, consistent with the other exit paths in the same function.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb4cec29a78334d09bcfb41c0660cdd62ba05843

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5ffc638faf5dc7d9dc85c9a95e10bf97442e0c0

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d605d00085adc3fddf67de01dc2a44aebf1a3fb5

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afed3cdc1cca133f804fcf57ff228974f424b23a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f06363446c5d043c9a7c008b250040e9de98cf9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a270b1258797f61b61da44f8bfd41a581b5c85b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87bd2ad568e15b90d5f7d4bcd70342d05dad649c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7776f9226e99eb49d97492b0b445027cfcb189da

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-25

Updated: 2026-07-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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: 0.0022