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CVE-2026-74262

Last refreshed2026-10-17

Status: UPDATED  |  Advisory ID: CVE-2026-74262

Key Details

CVECVE-2026-74262
CVSS Score / Version
7.8 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated2026-10-16
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Prose
attack vector is local; attack complexity is low; privileges required is low; user interaction is none; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Affected products
Linux Kernel

Affected Products, Subsystems & Sectors

VendorProductAffected VersionsPatch Status
LinuxLinux Kernel
SubsystemsOT Supporting Infrastructure
SectorsAll Sectors

What to Know

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

kcm: use WRITE_ONCE() when changing lower socket callbacks

kcm_attach() replaces a live lower TCP socket's sk_data_ready and

sk_write_space callbacks with KCM handlers, and kcm_unattach() restores

them later. Those callback-pointer updates are still plain stores even

though the same fields can be read and invoked concurrently on other

CPUs.

If another CPU observes an older callback snapshot after the live field

has already been restored, callback execution can run with a mismatched

target and sk_user_data state, leading to stale or misdirected wakeups.

Use WRITE_ONCE() for the callback replacement and restore operations so

these shared callback fields follow the same visibility contract already

established by the earlier 4022 fixes. (NVD)

What to Do

Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.

References

SourceReference
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74262
CVEhttps://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74262
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