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    "id": "CVE-2026-64472",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64472",
    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-07-25T08:51:35.978Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-08-17T04:56:18.199Z",
    "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"
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      "title": "vfio/mlx5: Fix racy bitfields and tighten struct layout",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvfio/mlx5: Fix racy bitfields and tighten struct layout\n\nBitfield operations are not atomic, they use a read-modify-write\npattern, therefore we should be careful not to pack bitfields that\ncan be concurrently updated into the same storage unit.\n\nThis split takes a binary approach: flags that are only modified\npre/post open/close remain bitfields, flags modified from user\naction, including actions that reach across to another device (ex.\nreset) use dedicated storage units.\n\nNote mlx5_vhca_page_tracker.status is relocated to fill the alignment\nhole this split exposes.\n\nBitfield justifications:\n\n  migrate_cap: written only in mlx5vf_cmd_set_migratable() at probe\n  chunk_mode: written only in mlx5vf_cmd_set_migratable() at probe\n  mig_state_cap: written only in mlx5vf_cmd_set_migratable() at probe\n\nDedicated storage units:\n\n  mdev_detach: written in the VF attach/detach event notifier\n               mlx5fv_vf_event() at runtime\n  log_active: written in mlx5vf_start_page_tracker()/\n              mlx5vf_stop_page_tracker() during runtime dirty tracking\n  deferred_reset: written in mlx5vf_state_mutex_unlock()/\n                  mlx5vf_pci_aer_reset_done() during runtime reset handling\n  is_err: set by tracker error handling and dirty-log polling at runtime\n  object_changed: set by tracker event handling and cleared by dirty-log\n                  polling at runtime",
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