CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-74602

Low risk· EPSS 11%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

11th percentile - higher than 11% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel ring-buffer subsystem, a missing initialization of the order field in the bpage structure was found. This could lead to incorrect freeing of buffers larger than a page.

Risk Assessment

The bug could lead to memory corruption during buffer freeing, potentially causing system crash or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel update containing the fix that initializes the order field according to the actual allocation size. Reboot the system after the update.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Initialise reader page order in rb_allocate_cpu_buffer() In rb_allocate_cpu_buffer(), bpage->order was omitted, leaving it as 0. This is an issue for a ring-buffer with subbufs bigger than PAGE_SIZE if when freed: free_buffer_page() relies on this value. Align the value with the actual allocation size (buffer::subbuf_order).

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