CVE-2026-64370 PUBLISHED

posix-cpu-timers: Fix pid refcount leak in do_cpu_nanosleep() error path

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 19.07.2026 Published: 25.07.2026 Updated: 25.07.2026

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

posix-cpu-timers: Fix pid refcount leak in do_cpu_nanosleep() error path

In do_cpu_nanosleep(), posix_cpu_timer_create() takes a pid reference via get_pid() and stores it in timer.it.cpu.pid. If the subsequent posix_cpu_timer_set() call fails, the function returns immediately without calling posix_cpu_timer_del() to release the pid reference, causing a leak.

Fix it by calling posix_cpu_timer_del() before the unlock-and-return on the error path, consistent with the other exit paths in the same function.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to afed3cdc1cca133f804fcf57ff228974f424b23a (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 8a270b1258797f61b61da44f8bfd41a581b5c85b (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to d605d00085adc3fddf67de01dc2a44aebf1a3fb5 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to e5ffc638faf5dc7d9dc85c9a95e10bf97442e0c0 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to eb4cec29a78334d09bcfb41c0660cdd62ba05843 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 7776f9226e99eb49d97492b0b445027cfcb189da (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 8f06363446c5d043c9a7c008b250040e9de98cf9 (excl.)
  • affected from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to 87bd2ad568e15b90d5f7d4bcd70342d05dad649c (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.12 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.12 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.261 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.212 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.178 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.145 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.96 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.39 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.4 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2-rc1 to * (incl.)

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