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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-64071" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-19T15:39:47.162Z" updatedAt: "2026-07-19T15:39:47.162Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64071" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64071.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64071" title: "nvme-pci: fix use-after-free in nvme_free_host_mem()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme-pci: fix use-after-free in nvme_free_host_mem()\n\nnvme_free_host_mem() frees dev-\u003ehmb_sgt via dma_free_noncontiguous()\nbut never clears the pointer afterward. This leads to a use-after-free\nif nvme_free_host_mem() is called twice in the same error path.\n\nThis can happen during nvme_probe() when nvme_setup_host_mem() succeeds\nin allocating the HMB (setting dev-\u003ehmb_sgt) but nvme_set_host_mem()\nfails with an I/O error:\n\n nvme_setup_host_mem()\n nvme_alloc_host_mem_single() -\u003e sets dev-\u003ehmb_sgt\n nvme_set_host_mem() -\u003e fails with -EIO\n nvme_free_host_mem() -\u003e frees hmb_sgt, but does NOT NULL it\n return error\n\n nvme_probe() error path:\n nvme_free_host_mem() -\u003e dev-\u003ehmb_sgt is stale, use-after-free\n\nThe second call dereferences the freed sgt, causing a NULL pointer\ndereference in iommu_dma_free_noncontiguous() when it accesses\nsgt-\u003esgl-\u003edma_address (the backing memory has been freed and zeroed).\n\nThis is reproducible on Thunderbolt-attached NVMe devices (e.g., OWC\nEnvoy Express behind a Dell WD22TB4 dock) where the device intermittently\nreturns I/O errors during HMB setup due to PCIe link instability.\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010\n RIP: 0010:iommu_dma_free_noncontiguous+0x22/0x80\n Call Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dma_free_noncontiguous+0x3b/0x130\n nvme_free_host_mem+0x30/0xf0 [nvme]\n nvme_probe.cold+0xcc/0x275 [nvme]\n local_pci_probe+0x43/0xa0\n pci_device_probe+0xeea/0x290\n really_probe+0xf9/0x3b0\n __driver_probe_device+0x8b/0x170\n driver_probe_device+0x24/0xd0\n __driver_attach_async_helper+0x6b/0x110\n async_run_entry_fn+0x37/0x170\n process_one_work+0x1ac/0x3d0\n worker_thread+0x1b8/0x360\n kthread+0xf7/0x130\n ret_from_fork+0x2d8/0x3a0\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nFix this by setting dev-\u003ehmb_sgt to NULL after freeing it, so the\nsecond call takes the multi-descriptor path which safely handles the\nalready-cleaned-up state." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"63a5c7a4b4c49ad86c362e9f555e6f343804ee1d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9525e3a6fbb1d126a22ab2ee86ddea25af581a7c"},{"version":"63a5c7a4b4c49ad86c362e9f555e6f343804ee1d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7c89f474005d8377525d2991930b7432ee193a52"},{"version":"63a5c7a4b4c49ad86c362e9f555e6f343804ee1d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b35a13036755c5803168a7cb93bc66035c3e65b8"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.13"},{"version":"6.18.34","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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