{"cve":"CVE-2026-64472","nvd":{"published":"2026-07-25T10:17:32.630","modified":"2026-08-17T05:17:52.820","status":"Received","description":"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","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dd99b8f4e143592e12e5a77e7b538bc698116cb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/399d806f998f7a25405fc1b97227e579aead24af","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39d163627b51886492bf31f66cb02c94613d2287","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed120b1a007bace57c461805519d70e1af44e59","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1db80a67da928a92ba460ede1be52d8941f46be"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:46:40.600842820+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-64472","score":0.00181,"percentile":0.07664,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}