CVE-2026-74279 in Linux

Riassunto

di MITRE • 15/08/2026

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

crypto: cavium/cpt - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index

The sg_cleanup error path used list[i] instead of list[j] when unmapping
DMA buffers, leaking successfully mapped entries and repeatedly unmapping the failed one.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

• Responsabile: Linux
• Prenotare: 15/08/2026
• Divulgazione: 15/08/2026
• Moderazione: accettato
• Voce: VDB-390238
• CPE: pronto
• CWE: CWE-120 (confermato)
• CVSS: 9.9 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Attività: molto basso
• Settore: Education, Chemical, ...

Fonti

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74279
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74279
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-74279/