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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-74401"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-15T05:59:12.099Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-16T19:05:42.033Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74401"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74401.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74401"
title: "dlm: fix add msg handle in send_queue ordered"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndlm: fix add msg handle in send_queue ordered\n\nIn a benchmark scenario triggering a lot of requests that triggers a lot\nof DLM messages on the network it can be that the mh-\u003eseq is not ordered\naccording the oldest seq number. This ordering is required by\ndlm_receive_ack as \"before(mh-\u003eseq, seq)\" will stop to check for older\nsequence numbers that are ordered in the tail of \"node-\u003esend_queue\".\n\nThe side effects of not having it correct ordered regarding\n\"before(mh-\u003eseq, seq)\" are refcounting issues and use-after free.\n\nI only was able to reproduce this issue in a experimental DLM branch\nand a user space DLM benchmark that uses io_uring. After changing this I\ndon't experienced any refcounting with the sending buffer issues anymore."
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