Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-74608
Published: August 24, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU144953
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-2026-74608
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 use-after-free in cifs_try_adding_channels() when handling channel addition failures during concurrent interface list refresh. A local user can trigger the race condition to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs on the failure path after channel creation fails and concurrent interface list refresh removes the remaining list reference.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Debian Linux
linux (Debian package)
Debian Linux
linux (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-74608
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.105-1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.105-1
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1305eadc6a7d78a8d0a52eee29ddd2d9e8a27805
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ffacbadc14530e55b8d86f7b917524f6a0fb891
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47dfac48bce7198ad4f1a388fc8c9491f878ac3b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4986410316b1ae0e63c6ce418e4eb196723626e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64d7584e62ac8cdc750455c5fdc6008fc2de4f06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c292d4686f717c03e5022fc4ae7c782f39a94915