CVE-2026-64118

Public on 2026-07-19
Modified on 2026-07-27
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

qed: fix double free in qed_cxt_tables_alloc()

If one of the later PF or VF CID bitmap allocations fails,
qed_cid_map_alloc() jumps to cid_map_fail and frees the previously
allocated CID bitmaps before returning an error. qed_cxt_tables_alloc()
then calls qed_cxt_mngr_free(), which invokes qed_cid_map_free()
again.

Fix this by setting each CID bitmap pointer to NULL after bitmap_free()
to avoid double free.

The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are
developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing
v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly
available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still
present in v7.1-rc3.

Runtime reproduction was not attempted because exercising the failing
allocation path requires device-specific setup.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel6.12 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel6.18 Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H