CVE-2026-64472

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vfio/mlx5: Fix racy bitfields and tighten struct layout

Bitfield operations are not atomic, they use a read-modify-write pattern, therefore we should be careful not to pack bitfields that can be concurrently updated into the same storage unit.

This split takes a binary approach: flags that are only modified pre/post open/close remain bitfields, flags modified from user action, including actions that reach across to another device (ex. reset) use dedicated storage units.

Note mlx5_vhca_page_tracker.status is relocated to fill the alignment hole this split exposes.

Bitfield justifications:

migrate_cap: written only in mlx5vf_cmd_set_migratable() at probe chunk_mode: written only in mlx5vf_cmd_set_migratable() at probe mig_state_cap: written only in mlx5vf_cmd_set_migratable() at probe

Dedicated storage units:

mdev_detach: written in the VF attach/detach event notifier mlx5fv_vf_event() at runtime log_active: written in mlx5vf_start_page_tracker()/ mlx5vf_stop_page_tracker() during runtime dirty tracking deferred_reset: written in mlx5vf_state_mutex_unlock()/ mlx5vf_pci_aer_reset_done() during runtime reset handling is_err: set by tracker error handling and dirty-log polling at runtime object_changed: set by tracker event handling and cleared by dirty-log polling at runtime

Affected Software

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
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2365a63b02ddea32e7db78b742c2503ec7b81f1