High severity · published Jul 25, 2026
CVE-2026-64438
crypto: qat - fix VF2PF work teardown race in adf_disable_sriov()
8.8
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: qat - fix VF2PF work teardown race in adf_disable_sriov()
The VF2PF interrupt handler queues PF-side response work that stores a
raw pointer to per-VF state (struct adf_accel_vf_info). Currently,
adf_disable_sriov() destroys per-VF mutexes and frees vf_info without
stopping new VF2PF work or waiting for in-flight workers to complete. A
concurrently scheduled or already queued worker can then dereference
freed memory.
This manifests as a use-after-free when KASAN is enabled:
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in mutex_lock+0x76/0xe0
Write of size 8 at addr 0000000000000260 by task kworker/24:2/...
Workqueue: qat_pf2vf_resp_wq adf_iov_send_resp [intel_qat]
Call Trace:
kasan_report+0x119/0x140
mutex_lock+0x76/0xe0
adf_gen4_pfvf_send+0xd4/0x1f0 [intel_qat]
adf_recv_and_handle_vf2pf_msg+0x290/0x360 [intel_qat]
adf_iov_send_resp+0x8c/0xe0 [intel_qat]
process_one_work+0x6ac/0xfd0
worker_thread+0x4dd/0xd30
kthread+0x326/0x410
ret_from_fork+0x33b/0x670
Add a PF-local flag, vf2pf_disabled, that gates work queueing, worker
processing, and interrupt re-enabling during teardown. Set this flag
atomically with the hardware interrupt mask inside
adf_disable_all_vf2pf_interrupts(). After masking, synchronize the AE
cluster MSI-X interrupt and flush the PF response workqueue before
tearing down per-VF locks and state so all in-flight work completes
before vf_info is destroyed.
Introduce adf_enable_all_vf2pf_interrupts() to clear the flag and
unmask all VF2PF interrupts under the same lock when SR-IOV is
re-enabled. This ensures the software flag and hardware state transition
atomically on both the enable and disable paths.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.3 before 5.10.261; 5.11 before 5.15.212; 5.16 before 6.1.178; 6.2 before 6.6.145; 6.7 before 6.12.97; 6.13 before 6.18.40; +1 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
ed8ccaef52fa03fb03cff45b380f72c9f869f273 before 218c2836b3987f3fa1d9eac505462cded0821e4c; ed8ccaef52fa03fb03cff45b380f72c9f869f273 before 446b4d77599cf1a168573f7fb32a4a6aa4f09219; ed8ccaef52fa03fb03cff45b380f72c9f869f273 before 5d916c1eae1933511a69bffe243b4ee5d7da399c; ed8ccaef52fa03fb03cff45b380f72c9f869f273 before f344a369d0380d54c8d6c8d24734a78dd5a89817; ed8ccaef52fa03fb03cff45b380f72c9f869f273 before 51144032248cc4ea22917370565650670b8b4e9b; ed8ccaef52fa03fb03cff45b380f72c9f869f273 before 49cd5ac6de8de39a14ead609bb552d372d5602cd; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64438
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64438
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/218c2836b3987f3fa1d9eac505462cded0821e4c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/277281c10c63791067d24d421f7c43a15faa9096
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/446b4d77599cf1a168573f7fb32a4a6aa4f09219
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49cd5ac6de8de39a14ead609bb552d372d5602cd
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51144032248cc4ea22917370565650670b8b4e9b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d916c1eae1933511a69bffe243b4ee5d7da399c
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