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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-64070",
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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-07-19T07:54:57.030Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-07-19T15:39:46.536Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-07-19T15:39:46.536Z"
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npowerpc/hv-gpci: fix preempt count leak in sysfs show paths\n\nFour sysfs show() callbacks in hv-gpci take get_cpu_var(hv_gpci_reqb)\n(which calls preempt_disable()) but only call the matching put_cpu_var()\non the error path under the 'out:' label. Every successful read leaks\none preempt_disable():\n\n  processor_bus_topology_show()\n  processor_config_show()\n  affinity_domain_via_virtual_processor_show()\n  affinity_domain_via_domain_show()\n\n(affinity_domain_via_partition_show() was already correct.)\n\nOn a CONFIG_PREEMPT=y kernel, repeated reads raise preempt_count and\neventually return to userspace with preemption still disabled. The\nnext user-mode page fault then hits faulthandler_disabled() == 1,\ngets forced to SIGSEGV, and the resulting coredump trips\n'BUG: scheduling while atomic' in call_usermodehelper_exec ->\nwait_for_completion_state -> schedule:\n\n  BUG: scheduling while atomic: <task>/<pid>/0x00000004\n  ...\n  __schedule_bug+0x6c/0x90\n  __schedule+0x58c/0x13a0\n  schedule+0x48/0x1a0\n  schedule_timeout+0x104/0x170\n  wait_for_completion_state+0x16c/0x330\n  call_usermodehelper_exec+0x254/0x2d0\n  vfs_coredump+0x1050/0x2590\n  get_signal+0xb9c/0xc80\n  do_notify_resume+0xf8/0x470\n\nAdd an out_success label that calls put_cpu_var() before returning\nthe byte count, mirroring affinity_domain_via_partition_show()."
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