Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-74384

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU142746

Out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-74384

Published: August 15, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU142746
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-74384
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds write in the nvme multipath namespace head flexible array member current_path[] when handling sparse NUMA node IDs during namespace path revalidation. A local user can trigger nvme multipath operations on a system with sparse NUMA node IDs to cause a denial of service.

Only systems using nvme multipath on architectures where NUMA node IDs are sparse are affected.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_333-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_22-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default
kernel-syms
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default
kernel-default-base
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-default-man
kernel-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-devel-rt
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-docs
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-74384

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-198.208, 6.8.0-147.147, 7.0.0-34.34
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1109.114
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1118.128, 6.8.0-1071.79, 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1117.124, 6.8.0-1067.70, 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1123.132, 6.8.0-1071.79, 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1113.116, 6.8.0-1068.72, 7.0.0-1020.20
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1114.120, 6.8.0-1064.67, 7.0.0-1012.12
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-195.205, 6.8.0-147.147.1
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1113.119, 6.8.0-1066.74, 7.0.0-1007.8
linux-aws-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1117.124~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-195.205~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-198.208~20.04.1
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-198.208+fips1, 6.8.0-147.147+fips1
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1123.132~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1059.59
linux-ibm-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1111.115~20.04.1
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1112.118
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1070.72, 6.8.0-1035.38
linux-azure-fde-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1122.131~20.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1112.113, 6.8.0-1067.70, 7.0.0-1025.26
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1116.125, 6.8.1-1062.63, 7.0.0-34.34.1
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1100.108, 6.8.0-1052.56
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1111.115, 6.8.0-1067.68, 7.0.0-1014.14
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1112.118~20.04.1
linux-oracle-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1118.128~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1122.131, 6.8.0-1069.76
linux-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1080.84
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1109.111
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1118.128+fips1, 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1117.124+fips1, 6.8.0-1067.70+fips1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1123.132+fips1, 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-149.149~22.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-149.149.1~22.04.1
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.78~22.04.1
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1073.82~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1069.74~22.04.1
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.71~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.70.1
linux-ibm-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1069.70~22.04.1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1073.81~22.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-2056.58
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1064.65~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2022.23
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-34.34~24.04.1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14
linux-aws-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1024.25~24.04.1
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_333-default - update to 1-8.3.3
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_21-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_78-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_22-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_84-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1.150700.17.47.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.78.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.84.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1

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