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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) 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"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64472" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64472.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64472" 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" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"61a2f1460fd03285ea34c1a235f2f50f71e13a1f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1dd99b8f4e143592e12e5a77e7b538bc698116cb"},{"version":"61a2f1460fd03285ea34c1a235f2f50f71e13a1f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f1db80a67da928a92ba460ede1be52d8941f46be"},{"version":"61a2f1460fd03285ea34c1a235f2f50f71e13a1f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"399d806f998f7a25405fc1b97227e579aead24af"},{"version":"61a2f1460fd03285ea34c1a235f2f50f71e13a1f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7ed120b1a007bace57c461805519d70e1af44e59"},{"version":"61a2f1460fd03285ea34c1a235f2f50f71e13a1f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"39d163627b51886492bf31f66cb02c94613d2287"},{"version":"61a2f1460fd03285ea34c1a235f2f50f71e13a1f","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f2365a63b02ddea32e7db78b742c2503ec7b81f1"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.19"},{"version":"6.1.178","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.145","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.97","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.40","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","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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