SB20260816235 - Use-after-free in Linux kernel tipc
Published: August 16, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB20260816235
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-74490)
CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in tipc_poll() trace queue dumping when walking live socket queue members from an unlocked poll context. A local user can trigger polling while queue entries are concurrently dequeued and freed to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs in the TIPC socket trace path during queue state dumping.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e82beba4bc1f91d0e64c9c43f2b2fa9cd1c2a7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac2f787980fdf4364cd5651a4c8128e59b8de3aa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4f1719dfea023220e0e6bd892b087d76b2a6a49
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bed792737b5f1ba773054dbe984502958bdfe6ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7940bb6a8e7ab28f972c2875cb05783216312dc