CVE-2026-64215: drm/msm/a6xx: Check kzalloc return in a8xx_hfi_send_perf_table

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-07-24 · updated 2026-08-11
Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/a6xx: Check kzalloc return in a8xx_hfi_send_perf_table Check the return value of kzalloc() to prevent a NULL pointer dereference on allocation failure. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/721342/

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.19 before 7.0.11; 7.1-rc1, 7.1-rc2, 7.1-rc3, 7.1-rc4 — fixed in 7.0.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.0.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17c993bf44a54afd1fde184ba7f9c287dfc2632e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5c7a7f452b885bfbe102bd3a057a5f496802f8b

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