Off-by-one in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-74495

 

Off-by-one in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-74495

Published: August 16, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU143285
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-74495
CWE-ID: CWE-193
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 off-by-one error in the igbvf TX DMA error cleanup logic when handling TX buffer mapping errors. A local user can trigger a DMA mapping failure after one or more successful mappings to cause a denial of service.

The issue can leak exactly one DMA mapping for the packet head when a fragment mapping fails after earlier mappings succeed.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
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
Basesystem Module
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Ubuntu
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_328-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default
kernel-syms
kernel-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-man
kernel-macros
kernel-devel
kernel-source
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-devel
cluster-md-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
kernel-docs
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-74495

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_328-default - update to 1-8.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1035.38
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.105-1

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