Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-74394

 

Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-74394

Published: August 15, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU142730
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-74394
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the immediate data length check in the RDMA/srpt subsystem when processing user-supplied immediate data received over the network. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted network request with an oversized length value to cause a denial of service.

The length field is user-controlled and may wrap the computed request size, bypassing the bounds check before a very large length is passed to sg_init_one().


Affected software

Linux kernel
openEuler
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
kernel-extra-modules

How to mitigate CVE-2026-74394

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
bpftool - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-331.0.0.232, 6.6.0-145.1.24.161, 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160

External References

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