{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-74627","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-08-15T05:44:03.921Z","datePublished":"2026-08-22T15:32:09.405Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-25T05:40:50.784Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-25T05:40:50.784Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: devmem: prevent net-iov / page mixing\n\nWe should either have net_iov or page backed frags in a single skb,\notherwise it blows up down the stack. Don't allow mixing in\nzerocopy_fill_skb_from_devmem()."}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:L - The bug is in zerocopy_fill_skb_from_devmem() reached only via local sendmsg() on TCP sockets (tcp_sendmsg_locked -> skb_zerocopy_iter_stream -> __zerocopy_sg_from_iter); remote peers cannot invoke this skb construction path without local process cooperation.\nAC:L - An attacker reliably triggers mixing by partially filling the TCP write-queue tail skb with page-backed zerocopy or copy data, then issuing MSG_ZEROCOPY+SCM_DEVMEM_DMABUF sendmsg on the same skb; no race or uncontrollable layout is required.\nPR:L - Exploitation requires SOCK_ZEROCOPY, netdev-genl NETDEV_CMD_BIND_TX dmabuf binding, and a netmem_tx-capable NIC; CAP_NET_ADMIN for netdev/dmabuf setup is obtainable inside user/network namespaces via unshare without init-namespace root.\nUI:N - No victim file open, mount, or interactive action is needed; the attacker configures devmem TX binding and drives the crafted sendmsg sequence on their own TCP socket.\nS:U - Impact is kernel frag-type confusion and faults during local TX processing on the same host; it does not cross VM, container, or IOMMU security boundaries to a different authority.\nC:H - Mixing page-backed and net_iov frags violates skb unreadability invariants; downstream frag walkers that assume uniform backing can dereference invalid pages via skb_frag_foreach_page, enabling kernel memory disclosure primitives.\nI:H - Creating an skb with both page and net_iov fragments is explicit frag-type confusion; the stack cannot safely manage mixed backing types, and corrupted skb metadata/refcounts can be leveraged for arbitrary kernel writes or control-flow hijacking.\nA:H - The fix commit states mixed frags blow up down the stack; malformed skbs reaching TX, checksum, GSO, or frag-unref paths can trigger kernel oops/panic on netmem_tx deployments (cloud/HPC mlx5, bnxt, gve hosts)."}]}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/core/datagram.c"],"versions":[{"version":"bd61848900bff597764238f3a8ec67c815cd316e","lessThan":"e9bfe12b1d04c34c6fedcba21d9709b65c08aa33","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"bd61848900bff597764238f3a8ec67c815cd316e","lessThan":"ed08011ae0be88f16cceae190535d6c790c83b0c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"bd61848900bff597764238f3a8ec67c815cd316e","lessThan":"53a43508ee332d8bffe40590c3d189c92a551f9f","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/core/datagram.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.16","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.45","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.9","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.45"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.9"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9bfe12b1d04c34c6fedcba21d9709b65c08aa33"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed08011ae0be88f16cceae190535d6c790c83b0c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53a43508ee332d8bffe40590c3d189c92a551f9f"}],"title":"net: devmem: prevent net-iov / page mixing","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}