CVE-2026-64180In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/memory_hotplug: fix memory block reference leak on remove Patch series "mm: Fix memory block leaks and locking", v2.
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/memory_hotplug: fix memory block reference leak on remove Patch series "mm: Fix memory block leaks and locking", v2. This series fixes two memory block device reference leaks and one locking issue around the per-memory_block hwpoison counter. This patch (of 2): remove_memory_blocks_and_altmaps() looks up each memory block with find_memory_block(), which acquires a reference to the memory block device. That reference is never dropped on this path, resulting in a leaked device reference when removing memory blocks and their altmaps. Drop the reference after retrieving mem->altmap and clearing mem->altmap, before removing the memory block device.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Aug 12, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 6.8 before 6.12.92; from 6.13 before 6.18.34; from 6.19 before 7.0.11; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09ce923071e7852ece60d7368e05249bf32c7967patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93866f55f7e292fe3d47d36c9efe5ee10213a06bpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8ab30c79fc00147125b9c39f928561d9dd13d06patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df64c0d21c3f85f844b2f656333e43d97e6ffa74patch
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