net: openvswitch: reallocate update replies for mismatched IDs
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: openvswitch: reallocate update replies for mismatched IDs ovs_flow_cmd_new() preallocates the optional reply skb before it takes ovs_mutex and before it knows which existing flow will be updated. That is normally fine because the skb is sized from the request flow identifier. That identifier also becomes the inserted flow's identifier. For updates, however, a request with a UFID may miss the UFID lookup and then fall back to the flow key lookup. That lookup can legitimately find an existing key-identified flow. UFIDs are optional and the flow key is the primary identifier. For echoed replies, ovs_flow_cmd_fill_info() writes the matched flow's identifier, not the request identifier used for the preallocation. A short request UFID can therefore leave too little room for the key identifier. The fill can then fail with -EMSGSIZE and hit the BUG_ON(error < 0) in the update path. Once the update target has been resolved, reallocate the reply skb if the matched flow needs a larger reply than the request identifier allowed. Do this before replacing the actions so the request can still fail cleanly if the rare extra allocation fails.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74664
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2jvw-5ch9-j793
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd8ca84d48cd9a4f6fc63df26512c55e1d339927
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00f987f066e802793a37dd2167459e67cf2cf2ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/696a0b9435fce9cf4f1e9ba7f6afa6bee96c97fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87d0c0040b5d4b61de51ae39132c4c46709f2f77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69f40ccf85074981340847d650a9cbf9adabfbbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23716dd9d8d46a5908536b73dc085e62f2b5c237
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20751193d83be2e9735d4faee71375691c09cd13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d1c224dd914579524a183a514c12b95095d12ce
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74664 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74664 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2jvw-5ch9-j793 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74664 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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