# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-74435"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-15T05:59:34.073Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-17T05:47:09.898Z"
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-2026-74435"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74435.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74435"
title: "rxrpc: rxrpc_verify_data ensure rx_dec_buffer alloc"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrxrpc: rxrpc_verify_data ensure rx_dec_buffer alloc\n\nrxrpc_recvmsg_data() calls rxrpc_verify_data() whenever the\nrxrpc_call.rx_dec_buffer is unallocated and assumes that upon\nsuccessful return that rx_dec_buffer must be allocated.\nHowever, rxrpc_verify_data() does not request an allocation if\nthe rxrpc_skb_priv.len is zero.\n\nIn addition, failure to allocate rx_dec_buffer will result in a\ncall to skb_copy_bits() with a NULL destination which can\ntrigger a NULL pointer dereference.\n\nTo prevent these issues rxrpc_verify_data() is modified to\nalways attempt to allocate the rxrpc_call.rx_dec_buffer if it\nis NULL.\n\nThis issue was identified with assistance of a private\nsashiko instance."
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