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CVE-2026-74286

Low risk· EPSS 6%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, PFCP network devices do not allocate per-CPU stats, leaving dev->tstats NULL. Creating a PFCP device can cause a NULL dereference when building RTM_NEWLINK notification.

Risk Assessment

This may lead to a system crash when creating a PFCP interface.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that sets pcpu_stat_type to NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS during PFCP link setup.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: pfcp: allocate per-cpu tstats for PFCP netdevs PFCP uses dev_get_tstats64() as its ndo_get_stats64 callback, but pfcp_link_setup() does not request NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS. The net core therefore leaves dev->tstats NULL for PFCP devices. Creating a PFCP rtnetlink device can immediately ask the new netdev for stats while building the RTM_NEWLINK notification. That reaches dev_get_tstats64() and dereferences the NULL dev->tstats pointer. Set pcpu_stat_type to NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS during PFCP link setup so the net core allocates the storage expected by dev_get_tstats64().

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