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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-64214" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-24T15:23:03.529Z" updatedAt: "2026-07-24T15:23:03.529Z" 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-2026-64214" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64214.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64214" title: "powerpc/time: Remove redundant preempt_disable|enable() calls from arch_irq_work_raise()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npowerpc/time: Remove redundant preempt_disable|enable() calls from arch_irq_work_raise()\n\nA kernel panic is observed when handling machine check exceptions from\nreal mode.\n\n BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access on read at 0xc00000006be21300\n Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]\n MSR: 8000000000001003 \u003cSF,ME,RI,LE\u003e CR: 88222248 XER: 00000005\n CFAR: c00000000003ffc4 DAR: c00000006be21300 DSISR: 40000000 IRQMASK: 0\n NIP [c000000000029e40] arch_irq_work_raise+0x10/0x70\n LR [c00000000003ffc8] machine_check_queue_event+0xa8/0x150\n Call Trace:\n [c0000000179d3c70] [c00000000003ff64] machine_check_queue_event+0x44/0x150\n [c0000000179d3d30] [c0000000000084e0] machine_check_early_common+0x1f0/0x2c0\n\nThe crash occurs because arch_irq_work_raise() calls preempt_disable()\nfrom machine check exception (MCE) handlers running in real mode. In\nthis context, accessing the preempt_count can fault, leading to the panic.\n\nThe preempt_disable()/preempt_enable() pair in arch_irq_work_raise()\nwas originally added by commit 0fe1ac48bef0 (\"powerpc/perf_event: Fix\noops due to perf_event_do_pending call\") to avoid races while raising\nirq work from exception context.\n\nLater, commit 471ba0e686cb (\"irq_work: Do not raise an IPI when\nqueueing work on the local CPU\") added preemption protection in\nirq_work_queue() path, while commit 20b876918c06 (\"irq_work: Use per\ncpu atomics instead of regular atomics\") added equivalent\nprotection in irq_work_queue_on() before reaching arch_irq_work_raise():\n\n irq_work_queue() / irq_work_queue_on()\n -\u003e preempt_disable()\n -\u003e __irq_work_queue_local()\n -\u003e irq_work_raise()\n -\u003e arch_irq_work_raise()\n\nAs a result, callers other than mce_irq_work_raise() already execute\nwith preemption disabled, making the additional\npreempt_disable()/preempt_enable() pair in arch_irq_work_raise()\nredundant.\n\nThe arch_irq_work_raise() function executes in NMI context when called\nfrom MCE handler. Hence we will not be preempted or scheduled out since\nwe are in NMI context with MSR[EE]=0. Therefore, it is safe to remove\nthe preempt_disable()/preempt_enable() calls from here.\n\nRemove it to avoid accessing preempt_count from real mode context.\n\n[Maddy: Fixed the commit title]" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"cc15ff3275694fedc33cd3d53212a43eec7aa0bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"51860e423592893cd7bfa7287d99a3aff4dc3a9d"},{"version":"cc15ff3275694fedc33cd3d53212a43eec7aa0bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a09d07ac45e283c9861a9ceea06f56d0ba851d22"},{"version":"cc15ff3275694fedc33cd3d53212a43eec7aa0bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"72d8d1c36452a4d3ee134b1da48de7518c1329f9"},{"version":"cc15ff3275694fedc33cd3d53212a43eec7aa0bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6dcd072a5ae3aed336e4a67a7d4cc5205b240065"},{"version":"cc15ff3275694fedc33cd3d53212a43eec7aa0bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8079acc5ee5235a627e4586d4f42082a9000ea64"},{"version":"cc15ff3275694fedc33cd3d53212a43eec7aa0bc","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"31467b23823ffec1f6fff407f8e3ca9af8b7491a"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.18"},{"version":"6.1.175","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.142","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.92","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"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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