# CVE-2026-31468: vfio/pci: Fix double free in dma-buf feature

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.19.11
- Published: 2026-04-22 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 5d74781ebc86c5fa9e9d6934024c505412de9b52, fixed in 83ad334afc9a645cef1062f5346526b1e36d6516; from 5d74781ebc86c5fa9e9d6934024c505412de9b52, fixed in e98137f0a874ab36d0946de4707aa48cb7137d1c
- Linux: 6.19
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.19.0, fixed in 6.19.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Fix double free in dma-buf feature The error path through vfio_pci_core_feature_dma_buf() ignores its own advice to only use dma_buf_put() after dma_buf_export(), instead falling through the entire unwind chain. In the unlikely event that we encounter file descriptor exhaustion, this can result in an unbalanced refcount on the vfio device and double free of allocated objects. Avoid this by moving the "put" directly into the error path and return the errno rather than entering the unwind chain.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83ad334afc9a645cef1062f5346526b1e36d6516
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e98137f0a874ab36d0946de4707aa48cb7137d1c

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