CVE-2026-64474

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio: prevent infinite loop in vfio_mig_get_next_state() on blocked arc vfio_mig_get_next_state() walks vfio_from_fsm_table[] one step at a time, looping to skip optional states the device does not support until *next_fsm is supported. A blocked transition is encoded as VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_ERROR, which the trailing return reports as -EINVAL. The skip loop does not account for the ERROR sentinel. state_flags_table[ERROR] is ~0U and vfio_from_fsm_table[ERROR][*] is ERROR, so once *next_fsm becomes ERROR the loop condition stays true and *next_fsm never changes. The blocked arcs STOP_COPY -> PRE_COPY and STOP_COPY -> PRE_COPY_P2P map to ERROR yet pass the support check on a precopy-capable device, causing the loop to spin forever while holding the driver state mutex. This can result in a soft lockup, and a panic with softlockup_panic set. Terminate the skip loop on the ERROR sentinel so a blocked transition falls through to the existing return and reports -EINVAL.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Awaiting Analysis

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-07-25 10:17:32.863000

Last modified

2026-11-03 18:15:39.353000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-64474",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-07-25T10:17:32.863",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-03T18:15:39.353",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvfio: prevent infinite loop in vfio_mig_get_next_state() on blocked arc\n\nvfio_mig_get_next_state() walks vfio_from_fsm_table[] one step at a time,\nlooping to skip optional states the device does not support until\n*next_fsm is supported. A blocked transition is encoded as\nVFIO_DEVICE_STATE_ERROR, which the trailing return reports as -EINVAL.\n\nThe skip loop does not account for the ERROR sentinel.\nstate_flags_table[ERROR] is ~0U and vfio_from_fsm_table[ERROR][*] is\nERROR, so once *next_fsm becomes ERROR the loop condition stays true and\n*next_fsm never changes. The blocked arcs STOP_COPY -> PRE_COPY and\nSTOP_COPY -> PRE_COPY_P2P map to ERROR yet pass the support check on a\nprecopy-capable device, causing the loop to spin forever while holding\nthe driver state mutex. This can result in a soft lockup, and a panic\nwith softlockup_panic set.\n\nTerminate the skip loop on the ERROR sentinel so a blocked transition\nfalls through to the existing return and reports -EINVAL."
    }
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