# CVE-2026-64072: nvme: fix bio leak on mapping failure

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-19 · Updated: 2026-07-19

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.18

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme: fix bio leak on mapping failure The local bio is always NULL, so we'd leak the bio if the integrity mapping failed. Just get it directly from the request.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fea4b46f84c50caf93c6c0f2a54b1be2edfb4491
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51ec7fc4e10c5e332bf4007bdb7e4c6bf03c14c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2279cd9c61a330e5de4d6eb0bc422820dd6fdf36

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