CVE-2026-74737: Linux kernel · net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw-nuss: Fix port_id extraction from SRC TAG
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 45% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw-nuss: Fix port_id extraction from SRC TAG On the packet reception path, the ID of the MAC Port on which the packet was received, is embedded in the RX DMA Descriptor's metadata. The ID is extracted using the helper function cppi5_desc_get_tags_ids() which fills in the 16-bit Source Tag into the 'port_id' variable. However, it is only the lower 8-bits of the 16-bit Source Tag that represent the MAC Port ID, while the upper 8-bits are Hardware-Reserved and carry an arbitrary value. With the existing logic, sporadic kernel crash is observed due to the subsequent driver code accessing out-of-bound memory because of an invalid port_id. Hence, fix the port_id extraction logic to use only the lower 8-bits of the Source Tag as the MAC Port ID.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74737 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/14fc40bf28390e0ebee6a072457c36b82c614100 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c0e35ce761131f82062222779d8574849790892 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/36a05d2820077bb3955acb8111e1041d39148037 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/46a8e084a159e638ac2728e96980b65d752d65fd (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/551688b410d3fb0dae7739724422f268cd9446d6 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/72e4e3d7efc3b7d85f86abbe8b94f8e45074abe3 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/914e0100df3435bd14d09f397238e891cf9b7dce (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a220225efd6f58350bbb53fe70bdec08519267f (opens in a new tab)