um: vector: fix use-after-free in vector_mmsg_rx()
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: um: vector: fix use-after-free in vector_mmsg_rx() When vector_mmsg_rx() discards a packet whose overlay header fails verify_header(), it frees the skb and continues the loop: if (header_check < 0) { dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb); vp->estats.rx_encaps_errors++; continue; } The normal and short-packet paths fall through to the bottom of the loop body, which clears the consumed slot and advances the cursors: (*skbuff_vector) = NULL; mmsg_vector++; skbuff_vector++; The verify_header() < 0 path skips that via continue, so the freed skb is left in skbuff_vector[] and the cursors do not advance. The next iteration reads the same slot, gets the freed skb, and frees it again, producing a refcount underflow / use-after-free in the RX path. Discard the slot the same way the other paths do before continuing. Only transports whose verify_header() can return negative are affected: GRE and L2TPv3 do so on a cookie/session-id mismatch (raw/tap do not), so any peer on such a transport can trigger it without authentication.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.151, 6.12.103, 6.18.44, 7.1.8, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74478
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mhmm-jqvj-99w7
- 2026-11-06 EPSS moved to the below the 50th percentile
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/967c779c9853d2a1cc9cd8e61d300250c348f3d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7bc015bb798c525e7a82dd14225c6aeb994274b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dc9781e320d664c9bdd50003c9acfddf363d1e1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b9601595e8b6b5d18878cac0aeabc687d241111
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67d58ab4f2ccf7145f3da07e025735a09c79de1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/180ff4c81faf01ec4e06082c9daa7c40518ead89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/804b681002ead233abf49a3efd681f5468a835f9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af421e9aed3920c7ac88c24daa48606c7112feca
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74478 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74478 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mhmm-jqvj-99w7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74478 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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