Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-74641)
Summary
Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-74641). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.266, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: usx2y: bound the hwdep mmap fault offset
snd_us428ctls_vm_fault() turns the faulting page offset into a kernel
address with no bound of any kind:
offset = vmf->pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
vaddr = (char *)(...)->us428ctls_sharedmem + offset;
page = virt_to_page(vaddr);
get_page(page);
vmf->page = page;
return 0;
snd_us428ctls_mmap() checks only the length of the mapping, never the
offset, and us428ctls_sharedmem is a single page from
alloc_pages_exact(). For a character device file_mmap_size_max()
returns ULONG_MAX, so the mm layer imposes no ceiling either. Every page
offset above zero resolves to a struct page outside the object, and the
handler installs it into the caller's address space read-write; the vma
is not marked read-only.
The caller picks the page frame with a single mmap() argument and gets
read-write access to a page of kernel memory it does not own; an offset
that lands in an unpopulated vmemmap region oopses instead.
A process that can open the hwdep node of an attached US-X2Y reaches
this after loading the FPGA image through the same node; no capability
check is involved.
On 7.2.0-rc5 (arm64), mmap() with a large offset:
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address fffffdffc45d5ac8
pc : snd_us428ctls_vm_fault+0x68/0x140 [snd_usb_usx2y]
Call trace:
snd_us428ctls_vm_fault+0x68/0x140 [snd_usb_usx2y]
__do_fault
__handle_mm_fault
handle_mm_fault
el…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-74641 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.266, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2026-74641" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-74641 (Kernel) — CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.10.266, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9 — apply immediately
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 Kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 5.10.266, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9.
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. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) 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
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Kernelを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade Kernel to 5.10.266, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9ステージング環境で 5.10.266, 5.15.216, 6.1.183, 6.6.152, 6.12.104, 6.18.45, 7.1.9 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-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
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74641 linux Fixed in: 6.1.187-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74641 linux
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 github.com
- web git.kernel.org