# CVE-2026-64464: xhci: sideband: fix ring sg table pages leak

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-07-25 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xhci: sideband: fix ring sg table pages leak xhci_ring_to_sgtable() allocates a temporary pages array and uses it to build the returned sg_table with sg_alloc_table_from_pages(). The error paths free the pages array, but the success path returns the sg_table without freeing it. This leaks the temporary array every time a sideband client gets an endpoint or event ring buffer. Free the pages array after sg_alloc_table_from_pages() succeeds. The returned sg_table has its own scatterlist entries and does not depend on the temporary array after construction.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99d00a9e35e311a91d258029d5bb584377296c34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3eaf82ff842d6ca95937ea584417e04828235a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49f6e3c3ef19f04f6657ed8dce550e36c763abb8

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