Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-74426)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-74426). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
afs: fix NULL pointer dereference in afs_get_tree()
afs_alloc_sbi() uses kzalloc for memory allocation. And, if
ctx->dyn_root is not null, as->cell and as->volume are null.
In trace_afs_get_tree() they are dereferenced.
KASAN error message:
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]
CPU: 2 PID: 18478 Comm: syz-executor.7 Not tainted 5.10.246-syzkaller #0
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.12.0-1
04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:perf_trace_afs_get_tree+0x1d9/0x550
include/trace/events/afs.h:1365
Call Trace:
trace_afs_get_tree include/trace/events/afs.h:1365 [inline]
afs_get_tree+0x922/0x1350 fs/afs/super.c:599
vfs_get_tree+0x8e/0x300 fs/super.c:1572
do_new_mount fs/namespace.c:3011 [inline]
path_mount+0x14a5/0x2220 fs/namespace.c:3341
do_mount fs/namespace.c:3354 [inline]
__do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3562 [inline]
__se_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3539 [inline]
__x64_sys_mount+0x283/0x300 fs/namespace.c:3539
do_syscall_64+0x33/0x50 arch/x86/entry/common.c:46
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x67/0xd1
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-74426 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-74426" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-74426 (Linux kernel)
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: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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-2026-74426 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.182-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74426 linux Fixed in: 6.1.180-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74426 linux-hwe-edge
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 git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com