Improper input validation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-74281

Vulnerability identifier: #VU142913

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-2026-74281

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in tipc_update_nametbl() when processing peer-advertised PUBLICATION items. A remote attacker can send specially crafted bindings with inverted service ranges to cause a denial of service.

The issue causes unbounded binding-table memory to be leaked for the lifetime of the namespace.

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1112.113, 5.15.0.1112.112
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1036.39+1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-38.38, 7.0.0-38.38.1, 7.0.0-1008.9, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.15
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
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1017.17

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2afb648f7b99216c687db1f89739c995e1144153
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/581ef56e5c34d475056ce086dc2ba0e872ba6857
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e401233f9bb74a626e70698d0d62f3a94ac0676
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/973bf0ed896b9898668dbadb82ed849d7d573010
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd1955f81bd8ebeef51b324989ac871ad1947fb6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1715d92ee3095d9215b493a8603a81f646fcf61
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f683200b83a0085d4e11abea8c1fdd9fdfb95b0b

• Improper input validation in Linux kernel tipc
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-tegra
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0