CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-74433

CriticalCVSS 9.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

28th percentile - higher than 28% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's rxrpc subsystem, rxgk_issue_challenge() frees the page containing the challenge content after invoking the tracepoint, but the whdr pointer passed to the tracepoint points into the just-freed page, leading to use-after-free.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes use-after-free, which could lead to system crashes or potential exploitation for code execution.

Recommendation

Update the kernel to a version containing the fix that frees the page after the tracepoint has used it.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix UAF in rxgk_issue_challenge() Fix rxgk_issue_challenge() to free the page containing the challenge content after invoking the tracepoint as the whdr passed to the tracepoint points into the page just freed.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS