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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-74717" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-22T15:33:11.488Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-16T19:16:11.661Z" 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-2026-74717" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74717.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74717" title: "net/mlx5: fw_tracer, return NULL on create error" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: fw_tracer, return NULL on create error\n\nTracer creation can fail by returning either NULL or ERR_PTR.\nThe return value is stored without a check on the device, and users\ntreat ERR_PTR and NULL the same way.\nThis also causes a crash in the core dump logic, which is missing the\nERR_PTR check and ends up dereferencing it, as shown in the trace below.\n\nSwitch tracer creation to return NULL on failure only, so callers only\nneed a single NULL check.\n\n Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000006 [#1] SMP\n Modules linked in: mlx5_ib ib_uverbs ib_core ipv6 mlx5_core\n CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 12 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Not tainted 6.19.7 #1 PREEMPT(none)\n Workqueue: mlx5_health0001:01:00.0 mlx5_fw_reporter_err_work [mlx5_core]\n pstate: a3400009 (NzCv daif +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n pc : mlx5_fw_tracer_trigger_core_dump_general+0x58/0xe0 [mlx5_core]\n lr : mlx5_fw_tracer_trigger_core_dump_general+0x40/0xe0 [mlx5_core]\n sp : ffff800081cf3c40\n x29: ffff800081cf3c90 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000\n x26: ffff000080018828 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff000080304a05\n x23: ffff800081cf3d80 x22: ffff0000847e01a0 x21: 0000000000000000\n x20: ffff0000847e01a0 x19: ffffffffffffffa1 x18: ffff80008310bbf0\n x17: ffff800080119650 x16: ffff80008010df54 x15: ffff80008010d4ac\n x14: ffff800079c202e4 x13: ffff80008002fe60 x12: ffff800080119650\n x11: ffff80008010df54 x10: ffff80008010d4ac x9 : ffff800079c203d8\n x8 : ffff800081cf3c88 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000\n x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000008 x3 : 0000000000000030\n x2 : 0000000000000008 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000c5c4000e\n Call trace:\n mlx5_fw_tracer_trigger_core_dump_general+0x58/0xe0 [mlx5_core] (P)\n mlx5_fw_reporter_dump+0x30/0x2e0 [mlx5_core]\n devlink_health_do_dump+0x9c/0x160\n devlink_health_report+0x1c0/0x288\n mlx5_fw_reporter_err_work+0xac/0xc0 [mlx5_core]\n process_one_work+0x15c/0x3d8\n worker_thread+0x18c/0x320\n kthread+0x148/0x228\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n Code: b9400000 5ac00800 7a401800 540003ca (3940a260)\n ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception\n SMP: stopping secondary CPUs\n Kernel Offset: disabled\n CPU features: 0x000000,00078031,75fce5a1,35fffe67\n Memory Limit: none\n ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception ]---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"47fe0d2571e5b446a0f0b0c1d6b99f55e51f5cc0"},{"version":"fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ee41ea49c4ab0e4015919f52ad23ec251d3b39d3"},{"version":"fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"04599570c3a18f9ae7aad36825eb46f3dcd2c4e3"},{"version":"fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9a416f000285a94c1b723877547981dec8132434"},{"version":"fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b1d6375b9a63c9dc7e5e780d3ea9b126fe30d6cb"},{"version":"fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"80094352bd40ba54a33731f9c22872493983ed6d"},{"version":"fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4aafa600d93e9551c1f24e785d57cbd4adf021d5"},{"version":"fd1483fe1f9fd45fe312adffb0faffa57446690d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"af39eb111ce6b5eba9c08513b62c4868eb7e7fd5"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.3"},{"version":"5.10.265","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.216","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.183","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.152","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.104","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.45","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.9","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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