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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-74479" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-15T12:27:13.172Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-16T19:05:48.651Z" 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-2026-74479" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74479.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74479" title: "net: pktgen: fix proc entry use-after-free" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: pktgen: fix proc entry use-after-free\n\npktgen_change_name() replaces pkt_dev-\u003eentry while holding t-\u003eif_lock.\npktgen_remove_device() removes the same entry before\n_rem_dev_from_if_list() takes that lock.\n\nThis allows the following interleaving:\n\n CPU 0 (NETDEV_CHANGENAME) CPU 1 (kpktgend)\n if_lock(t)\n proc_remove(pkt_dev-\u003eentry)\n proc_remove(pkt_dev-\u003eentry)\n pkt_dev-\u003eentry = proc_create_data(...)\n if_unlock(t)\n\nThe kthread can pass the stale proc_dir_entry to proc_remove() after the\nrename path has freed it. A reproducer with a widened race window reports:\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in proc_remove+0x78/0x80\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881478fea70 by task kpktgend_0/67\n Call Trace:\n proc_remove+0x78/0x80\n pktgen_remove_device.isra.0+0x11c/0x4c0\n pktgen_thread_worker+0x1214/0x6bc0\n kthread+0x2c6/0x3b0\n Allocated by task 95:\n __proc_create+0x204/0x790\n proc_create_data+0x72/0xe0\n pktgen_thread_write+0xd61/0x1510\n Freed by task 28:\n kmem_cache_free+0xcb/0x3d0\n proc_free_inode+0x5b/0x80\n rcu_core+0x50a/0x1850\n The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff8881478fea00\n which belongs to the cache proc_dir_entry of size 192\n\nMove proc_remove() into the if_lock-protected list removal helper. Keep it\nbefore list_del_rcu() to preserve the ordering required by add_device().\nThe rename path must then finish replacing the entry before removal, or\nit observes that the device is no longer on the list." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"39df232f1a9ba48d41c68ee7d4046756e709cf91","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"82ed3db9269cb61e3c15bad2f6e221efce90e1e0"},{"version":"39df232f1a9ba48d41c68ee7d4046756e709cf91","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d1cc9797cf8f7aeb87e7ad01b748c6a960a819e4"},{"version":"39df232f1a9ba48d41c68ee7d4046756e709cf91","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7991c7cff8b8622cddb3d8dee07dbe74aa4cbec4"},{"version":"39df232f1a9ba48d41c68ee7d4046756e709cf91","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"577443530cb592d5782a1f79847411a9363a65c8"},{"version":"39df232f1a9ba48d41c68ee7d4046756e709cf91","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f85a58340b91f225de3299dfa782c6414098077c"},{"version":"39df232f1a9ba48d41c68ee7d4046756e709cf91","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4ef801b838d85c0ea5852c50667f7344ce3b6cd0"},{"version":"39df232f1a9ba48d41c68ee7d4046756e709cf91","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b006a5404470bd3eb2aa0425fc447183032047ef"},{"version":"39df232f1a9ba48d41c68ee7d4046756e709cf91","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"817ff6efdb7f484ea547218e11e17d8e43daa3b4"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.22","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.22"},{"version":"5.10.266","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.217","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.184","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.153","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.105","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.44","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.8","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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