Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-74259)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-74259). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: remove all cifs files before kill super
Cifs files may be put into fileinfo_put_wq during umounting cifs.
After umount done, cifsFileInfo_put_final is called, which cause
following BUG:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
...
[ 134.222152] list_lru_add+0x64/0x1a0
[ 134.222399] ? cifs_put_tcon+0x171/0x340 [cifs]
[ 134.222772] d_lru_add+0x44/0x60
[ 134.222997] dput+0x1fc/0x210
[ 134.223213] cifsFileInfo_put_final+0x11a/0x140 [cifs]
[ 134.223576] process_one_work+0x17c/0x320
[ 134.223843] worker_thread+0x188/0x280
[ 134.224084] ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
[ 134.224366] kthread+0xcc/0x100
[ 134.224576] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 134.224827] ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50
[ 134.225063] ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
[ 134.225328] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
This can be reproduce by following:
unshare -n bash -c "
mkdir -p ${CIFS_MNT}
ip netns attach root 1
ip link add eth0 type veth peer veth0 netns root
ip link set eth0 up
ip -n root link set veth0 up
ip addr add 192.168.0.2/24 dev eth0
ip -n root addr add 192.168.0.1/24 dev veth0
ip route add default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0
ip netns exec root sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1
ip netns exec root iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.0.2 -o
${DEV} -j MASQUERADE
mount -t cifs ${CIFS_PATH} ${CIFS_MNT} -o
vers=3.0,sec=ntlmssp,credentials=${CIFS_CRED},rsize=65536,wsize=65536,cache=none,echo_interval=1
touch ${CI…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-74259 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-74259" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-74259 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 8.4
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.4/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-74259 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.182-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74259 linux Fixed in: 6.1.180-1
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com