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.
References
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
12 Nov 2026, 16:07
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| First Time |
Linux linux Kernel
Linux |
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| CWE | CWE-835 | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f2d6b31089e48db4653df832c9a6afdde9a1c29 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e872c07e40d51a66dee7b280a23a460a2e1e3fa - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a26b499b757cfc8bbff1088bb1b844639e250893 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3a8afa2f6e7f0dc266d08f02be3f3054241ba47 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed7d5599e6c398da74845767cd1e6a8370a160fc - Patch |
Information
Published : 2026-07-25 10:17
Updated : 2026-11-12 16:07
NVD link : CVE-2026-64474
Mitre link : CVE-2026-64474
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-64474
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-835
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
