CVE-2026-74746: Linux kernel · netfilter: flowtable: publish GC-visible tuple last
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:55 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 44% 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: netfilter: flowtable: publish GC-visible tuple last nf_flow_table_iterate() only treats original-direction tuple nodes as owning entries. Publishing the original node first lets GC observe and free a flow while flow_offload_add() is still inserting the reply node. Publish the reply node first and the original node last so GC never sees a partially installed flow. KASAN can trigger slab-use-after-free read and write reports in the flowtable/rhashtable path (rht_deferred_worker, jhash, flow_offload_del, flow_offload_lookup, etc.).
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74746 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a00254585827f1695aa2700114af622ea754cfa (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2014ac62df9d45bb9a004a043e85df7be09ed780 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/211ee5d998d92a7d548811939c65942d06c146e4 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/972fdf7c4f5c282a239c88fea614b056c33dc025 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/be345dcbddb4643a54252b954af974b16eda8f91 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d16b71231e65cb05daea2b45701fcf09cef041e7 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d37917e7bebe078f3c17e47fd6fc1c9f6e8497b2 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d3050a70efe217e73a0751e55fdae6a7092620 (opens in a new tab)