CVE-2026-74743

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74743
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74743.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-74743
Downstream
Published
2026-08-26T14:36:54.175Z
Modified
2026-08-28T03:47:18.614474731Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
macvlan: inherit needed_headroom and needed_tailroom from lowerdev
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

macvlan: inherit neededheadroom and neededtailroom from lowerdev

macvlan devices inherit hardheaderlen from lowerdev during macvlaninit(), but leave neededheadroom and needed_tailroom set to 0.

When the underlying lowerdev requires extra headroom or tailroom for headers/trailers (e.g. macsec, ipsec, wireguard, tunnels, or veth with rx headroom), upper layers calculating packet headroom and tailroom fail to reserve sufficient space.

This can result in reallocation overhead, skb headroom underflows, or KASAN slab-use-after-free crashes when devhardheader() / macvlanhardheader() prepends header data or when lower devices append tailroom.

Fix this by: 1. Inheriting neededheadroom and neededtailroom from lowerdev in macvlaninit(). 2. Propagating neededheadroom and neededtailroom updates to attached macvlans in macvlandeviceevent() when receiving NETDEVFEAT_CHANGE events.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74743.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
b863ceb7ddcea8c55fcf1d7b2ac591d50aa7ed53
Fixed
8cd90e850e434577bf6774778657d26d6995e53f
Fixed
28afc87bd8da0b3348bbbd834c8a89e83712cf5e
Fixed
8f6a05dbac05725e0786701eb04778c5bdbe4eaa
Fixed
96fa90b74385b7f2b0d97251dd43d5ee6ca44668
Fixed
bc9a00fb78e32bccc39d763bfd13a450705bac5d
Fixed
cef51860becd9700217c81732ca1eb1ea6ed6fe1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74743.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
2.6.23
Fixed
6.1.184
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.153
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.105
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.46
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.10

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-74743.json"