CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-74668

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the packet subsystem's tpacket_snd() reads dev->hard_header_len independently for allocation and header construction, which can lead to buffer overflow during concurrent reconfiguration.

Risk Assessment

Buffer overflow could lead to system crashes or potential remote code execution.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel update that snapshots hard_header_len before processing ring frames.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: packet: use consistent hard_header_len in TX_RING send path tpacket_snd() reads dev->hard_header_len independently for skb allocation and header construction in tpacket_fill_skb(). Concurrent netdevice reconfiguration can therefore make the reserved headroom smaller than the amount later pushed, or make copylen - hard_header_len negative. Snapshot hard_header_len once before processing ring frames and use it for the frame limit, headroom allocation, copy length, and skb construction. Pass the snapshot to tpacket_fill_skb(). The separate SOCK_DGRAM consistency problem between hard_header_len and header_ops->create is not addressed here.

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